Best of Luck to All!

a little bleary-eyed, but excited and happy to be part of all of this. I'll see you all back here some time tonight!

Whoohoo! Good luck to all! Have wonderful day!

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Pointing at Naked Emperors

Like Blue South and others have commented, finding poll workers is never a terribly easy thing to do so everyone be very very nice and patient and kind to your poll workers. They have a very long day ahead of them.

And now, it's off to vote, then to work. I'll be in and out as the day goes on until about 6pm then I'll be off to the first round of state 4A championships. Clayton v. Millbrook. (Go Comets!) See everyone after the soccer game tonight!

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman

I was out until shortly before 4am putting out signs. I climbed in bed and 15 minutes later John's alarm rings. The next thing I know Emily is shaking me awake at 6:00..."Mom, you're going to miss election day!" Now for me THAT is a nightmare. I jumped out of bed and was completely incoherent. The girls got a huge laugh out of it. Heh...I'll get them! I'm in charge of dinner. hehehehe

Happy election day everybody.

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

I spent the early morning putting up signs at the polling places here in Southern Wake - it was great to get to each one, see about 4 republican signs, and then put up the 25 different Democratic candidates I had signs for. It brought home to me how many great candidates we have fielded this cycle.

Another very heart-warming item: at every polling place, there was a line of at least 25-50 people. They are ready to vote!

Well, back to making the daily bread...

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Ed Ridpath
www.EdRidpath.com

didn't go off so I was also awakened by kids telling me to hurry up before I miss Election Day! I am SO glad that it's finally here.

I am holding down the fort at Carter HQ all day; I got here right at 630 am and our phones have been ringing off the hook... volunteers are reporting that there were already lines at numerous locations across Forsyth Co. when the polls first opened, a good indication, I think, of unprecedented turn out! One location in Kernersville had already seen a 15% turn out before 8 am. Also-- we were told that 45,000 people voted early in Forsyth.

Fired Up!

Ready to Go!!

That's clean-up day! Rest is Thursday :)

I chose to wait until today to see how turnout would be at my precinct (#54, Waterford Village Apartment Homes community building in southern Durham).

At 7:00 AM it was starting to get packed, with the line was out the door. There were plenty of yard signs out in front -- I personally put out a Jim Neal sign. I got in just in time, because around the time I left (7:40), there was literally a traffic jam waiting to get into the complex.

Demographically the precinct is pretty diverse -- there were white soccer mom/dad types, young black voters, senior black voters, people of all colors on their way to work.

Also, there's a big "Voted Today in NC/IN" thread going at the Great Orange Satan:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/6/73537/84090

Also, BlueNC will get a deluge of traffic tonight as I've posted/blogwhored about tonight's joint PHB/BNC liveblog all over the place today. :)

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Pam Spaulding
Durham, NC USA

Pam's House Blend
www.pamshouseblend.com

official results:

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/2780/en/summary.html

commentary:

http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102
http://www.wral.com/news/political/
http://www.charlotte.com/politics/
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
http://bluenc.com/
North Carolina Rightwing Blogs: http://www.jerimee.com/rightwing_nc_blogs

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Full gory details here.

I ended up skipping the Senate race, meaning to come back to it, and never did. Oh, well -- I'll be happy with either outcome, so it's just as well.

Can Lawson for Congress get a slice of that good luck pie?

Absolutely not.