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Voting problems, voter excitement, voter patience -- and getting out the vote



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CNN's Ali Velshi was reporting on voting problems in Indiana. Computer problems delayed the start of voting in Delaware County, Indiana.

AP is reporting problems in Ohio and Florida. What a surprise, huh?:

Programming errors and inexperience dealing with electronic voting machines frustrated poll workers in hundreds of precincts early Tuesday, delaying voters in Indiana, Ohio and Florida and leaving some with little choice but to use paper ballots instead.
Hearing about big turnout in Northern Virginia. Got a message from a friend:
UNBELIEVABLE turnout at my precinct in Alexandria. It's 8:30 and there are at least 150 in line.
Got this email from an AMERICAblog reader in Bethesda, Maryland:
I feel sorry for the voters of Maryland. The polls opened at 7:00 am, so we got there at 6:55. Nothing happened til 7:15 when the poll workers began to process voters. There was only one computer to check in voters. It was a very, very slow process....

Also, while I was driving to work, there was an enormous line outside of the public library on Arlington Blvd. I hope that voters stay patient!
Stay patient. Report problems to 888-DEM-VOTE (888-336-8683). Vote.

You can still help get out the vote with MoveOn's Call for Change. They'll be making millions of reminder calls to targeted voters today.

What are you hearing?


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