Eden Prairie News - How goes the voting? - Comments

Things seem to be going

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:33:04 -0600

Things seem to be going smoothly. I checked in with Precinct 11 at around 5:30 and there was a steady stream of voters, but no long lines.
The election judge there noted that there had been a large turnout this year. This precinct had a large amount registering to vote today.

So, now, we wait...

Here's another good story

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:29:55 -0600

Here's another good story from Precinct 10. I got the following e-mail from Dan Kitrell, who voted there this morning:

"I took my 3 ½ year old daughter, Amanda, to vote this morning in precinct 10 (United Methodist Church). She was excited to see all of the people exiting the polls with red stickers that read, 'I Voted.' She was even more excited to see a table with cookies as we entered the building. Stickers. Cookies. What could be more fun than voting?

BTW, I asked her who she would vote for. She said, 'John McCain.' When I asked her why, she replied, 'He’s the cutest.'

The volunteers did a great job and I was in line at 7:45 a.m. and done by 8:10 a.m."

Jerry LaBarre of Eden

Karla — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:21:12 -0600

Jerry LaBarre of Eden Prairie called to report: "I was there at 7 this morning when the polls opened and boy were there lines. Holy mackerel."

(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)

Let me guess Mark, you voted

bigfoot — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:39:50 -0600

Let me guess Mark, you voted for Ron Case and Sherry Butcher? And Obama and Franken and Madia and Pitzrick?

My son and I voted shortly

markaweber — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:35:13 -0600

My son and I voted shortly before 9 a.m. at Hennepin Technical College. There were two people ahead of us at the front desk, but after that we marched from station to station without a wait. Easy. Quick.

(Mark A. Weber is publisher of the Eden Prairie News. He can be reached at mweber@swpub.com.)

How goes the voting?

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:10:53 -0600

There is expected to be record voter turn-out today. If you've already voted, how did it go? Did you face any long lines? Did the process go smoothly? Share your stories here, or e-mail your stories to lshaffer@swpub.com

Or call 952-942-3387

I voted this morning at around 9 a.m. It looked at first like there was going to be a long line, but, the long line was for voters who had not registered yet. It took me about 15 to 20 minutes to get in and vote-- I thought it went pretty smoothly.