A reader writes:
I voted in Fairfax, VA. This was my first time and I’m still shaking. Starbuck’s offer of free coffee may be well-intentioned but I’d do better if the ABC stores were handing out shots of bourbon. I got in line at 12:30. There were only a couple dozen people ahead of me but it seemed to be a steady stream. I was surprised at the number of young people like me. My generation with IPods in ears under our hoodies playing games on our cells phones while we waited.I expected to be out-numbered by the elderly and soccer moms but it was the opposite.
I was offered a choice between paper or touch-screen. I chose paper. I wasn’t alone. The four machines were empty while the tables to fill out paper ballots were all taken. I didn’t see anyone use a machine while I was there. It only took maybe 30 minutes from the time I parked. The exit had a small huddle of college kids offering terrorist fist-bumps and a thanks to everyone as they left. I’d held the door for an older woman to leave in front of me. Glad I did as I got to watch her reaction to the excitement. She couldn’t stop giggling at them as she mastered the bump.
The Dish 