Northern Virginia - Longest Lines I Have Ever Seen...

[SingleSeatBiggerMeat]

Drove around the block to try to find a place to park....and the line kept going.

I will try to vote later.

[GETTINGTIRED]

1. please succeed...vote

We need you.....thanks

[MountainMazza]

2. Vote please...make it a priority.... :)

Don't give up!

[beachbumbob]

3. good to hear

the larger the turnout the better for democrats

[BlueDemKev]

4. You will "TRY"???

NO!! DO. Or do not. There is no try.

VOTE!!!!

[ncgrits]

5. "There is no TRY; there is only DO."

Hey BlueDemKev!

[DCBob]

6. This sounds good. NOVA is big blue territory

We win if NOVA shows up to vote.

[Mike Daniels]

25. Actually, only Arlington and Alexandria are consistently blue

Depending on where you are in Fairfax County it can be blue or red and the western part of Northern Virginia is solidly red.

Unfortunately, big crowds in Northern Virginia can easily mean good things for Romney and bad things for Obama.

[DCBob]

26. Yeah, I have heard there are sections that tend red or blue..

but generally speaking clearly its Obama territory compared to the rest of the state.

[bigdarryl]

7. Is that a DEMOCRAT!!! area

[MSMITH33156]

10. Yes

Northern Virginia is where Obama has to run up huge margins to counteract much of the rest of the state.

[awake]

8. Just park the car walk in line and wait as long as it takes

we will keep you company and it will feel so so so good to do it. Just do it now. OK?

[Cane4Dems]

9. you better not just "try to vote later"

You better actually vote haha....just get in the line and do it for all of us

[beachbumbob]

11. just vote

won't be easier later. do your duty

[WI_DEM]

12. 'Try' to vote!?

[VirginiaTarheel]

13. Arlington

I voted in Arlington in person absentee on September 26, but my friend in Ballston-Arlington has been in line since 7:25. He is still in line.

[onecent]

14. I live in a red state, Missouri and on the way to the polls around 7:30 a.m. I thought a One of the

main roads had been closed going out of our small suburb) and I just left my house. Voting place about 1 1/2 mile away but had to wait for about 25 cars before entering the main street.

I honestly thought one of the 2 main roads leading in and out was closed. Huge turnout.

I have a question I hope someone can answer for me. I was given a green ballot. Some people were given White ballots? Is that because we were listed as a republican or a democrat on the records?

I am assuming that is the reason, and for being a red state and Clay county going red, i did notice about a 50/50 breakdown of the color of the ballots

Can anyone answer that for me??? Thanks, I appreciate it. Tried to google it but got strange things, lol.
Penny

[MSMITH33156]

16. Your polling place

likely has multiple precincts and the color of the ballot corresponds to the particular precinct.

For example, voting at Polling Location A might have Precinct 1 and Precinct 2. So, the green ballot is for Precinct 1, and the red for Precinct 2, because some local races might be different by precinct.

[onecent]

18. Why, thank you so much. I feel kind of like a dummy...but that's why I love DU so much. Thanks

for taking the time to answer this for me, it was driving me crazy, LOL

Today is driving me crazy...So thanks MsSmith...

[TroyD]

15. I hope all the Dems in Northern VA are able to vote

Good luck!

[dmallind]

17. Glass half full or half empty?

N VA isn't all Dem of course, but much more so than the rest of the state.

You xould look at this anecdote and infer:

a) turnout in a heavily Dem area is massive which bodes well

b) there are insufficient machines or other obstacles to voting access in a heavily Dem area, which bodes ill.

Either way, I'm betting the more Deliverancy areas of the state have a much smoother time voting.

[oswaldactedalone]

19. The 1:45 to 2:45 window

is the time for the shortest lines. Business people have returned to work from lunch, first shift workers are still at work and second shift workers have to be getting ready, Mom's are picking up their kids from school, but lots of the 18-21 year olds are still in school/class.

If worse comes to worse early or looks bad for later, go then.

[VirginiaTarheel]

20. From what I know of NoVa, we have siimilar precincts and machines as we had in 2008

[Coexist]

21. try???

[Phx_Dem]

22. Try?!! Please do better than that.

[SLCLiberal]

23. Try to vote

?????

[NCLefty]

24. The green muppet turns to you and exclaims, "Do or do not; There IS NO TRY!"

( That's a Yoda line for the unenlightened :p )