A reader writes:
I voted yesterday at the Montgomery County, Ohio, board of elections building in downtown Dayton and it will an event I will remember for a long time. It took 3.5 hours of waiting in three separate areas until my number was called. I was number 23XX and the queue was moving in groups of ten. When my number was called and I was sitting at the desk of one of the poll volunteers I had a few minutes to ask her impressions. She said that the day before some 3,000 people came out to vote but she was shocked by Saturday’s turnout. She went on to say that the Red Cross has donated cots so the polling volunteers have something to sleep on, so I guess they’re staying overnight in the building.
Then to top it off, when I get to a makeshift booth I was next to a blind guy who kept asking where the lever was to make his selection. The lady with him explained that there is no lever and then he responded that this is the first time he has voted in 30 years. By the time I finished, I met back with my wife. She said the election officials were handing out numbers in the 8000 range.
On Tuesday, I’ll be opening up the blog all day to you, the readers, until the polls close. Call it: The View From Your Election. Send me anecdotes, stories, and photos that capture what your election day was like. Keep them short if you can, and no photos in polling places. But let’s have a record of what the day will be like, in all its varieties.
The Dish 