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I got to the polling place for my precinct at 6:20am this morning (they opened at 6:30am). Waited in line until 8am before getting to vote - I was only voter #54 that day and there had to be at least 100+ behind me in that little church. In our county, each precinct only gets 4 booths so the line took forever. My DH is glad he voted absentee ballot last week, with his bad back.
I'm hoping my candidate will win, but I am sure there will be voting issues and lawsuits arising from this election for the next few weeks, no matter who wins (unless it's a complete landslide one way or the other). We get a little upset with my FIL who complains about the government but never votes in any elections - our feeling is if you don't vote you can't complain! Though I hear they expect 80% voter turnout this year - I've never heard it that high!!!
I don't think any candidate will make huge changes - we would have to have a whole revamp of the senate and Congress in a couple years for that to happen. Get rid of the cronies that are stuck in this idea of not working together because of party lines. I hope that whichever candidate wins, they can work with the "loser" in the Senate and bridge the Democrat-Republican gap. And no matter who wins, we'll have history made - either the first black president or the first female vice-president!