Voting In Missouri
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Long lines are reported at polling places across America. Our 45 minute wait at the Webster Groves Library in Missouri confirms that. Liz and I brought Katherine and Frances along for their very first presidential election. They both recommended a Kerry vote and we bowed to their wishes. Now we wait.
I should mention they still use punch card ballots here. There are signs on each voting booth warning about the dangers of hanging chad. Liz is 50% confident she didn’t vote for Pat Buchanan. My ballot was chad-free. I double checked.
Since we live in a mostly white upper-class neighborhood there were no Republicans around trying to challenge our vote. Voter intimidation of that sort is reserved for African-American and low-income neighborhoods. It will be an extra sweet night if Ohio goes for Kerry.