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[pixiecrinkle]

And if you thoght my wait was bad, I just found out that two of my friends waited four and five hours. Some are predicting 70% turnout in parts of Ohio. That rocks. A court decision had to be handed down late in the day to allow alternate balloting (paper) so that people could go home from some precincts in central Ohio at a decent hour. The news showed people still in lines that were at least an hour long and waiting for ballots outside polling places at 9:30! The polls closed at 7:30.

What doesn't rock: the passing of Issue 1, Ohio's constitutional gay marriage ban. Except it goes far enough that it bans all non married couple from receiving benefits. I don't think a lot of people realized what they were voting for. Certainly, I expect Ohio's constitutional amendment will be one of the first up for supreme court challenge, just because of the reach.

What rocks: the passing of the smoking ban. I know a lot of people who didn't support it, but my lungs and head will be much happier.

I'm still holding out hope that Kerry will take Ohio. Last I saw, Cuyahoga (Cleveland), Hamilton (cinci) and Franklin (Columbus) counties weren't reported yet. Heck, there may still be people in line in Franklin County. Florida's results so far are disappointing.

I can't let myself stay up all night.

Please, please, let this all be decided by morning.

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[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

I hadn't known about that alcohol issue until you wrote about it. I didn't expect that to pass, just based on my (admittedly small) knowledge of the area.

One of the kids at Kenyon was on NBC via phone around 12:30, when it looked like he'd be there until 3, because they were refusing provisional ballots. I found it hysterical that he mentioned specifically that he was supposed to be writing a paper for a German film class. Think his prof will take Tom Brokaw's word as an excuse? :-)

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

I heard that too. I was with a bunch of TAs/former TAs and we all found that hysterical. The straw poll was we all would accept that as an excuse.

I heard that the Linden Library polling place didn't expect to get people through until past midnight. There was still a line when we drove past at 9:30pm.