Just voted in SC

[Jongleur]

Well, actually I voted about four hours ago.

I live in West Columbia, a blue collar suburb of the capitol, Columbia. I went to vote at my local elementary school.

All up and down the road by the school there must have been about 20 Ron Paul signs, and nothing else except one battered Fred sign. Standing in front of the school in the rain were a couple with a 3'x5' Ron Paul sign. Presumably they got there early and put up the other signs as well. Whoever that was - good work!

The voting machines are confusing, as described in this other thread:

After I selected the candidate, it asked me to press "confirm" on the screen. The next screen also said to press "confirm," and had the same button, but there was also a red flashing "vote" button on the top of the machine (not on the touch screen). The poll worker said I needed to press the "vote" button, and when I did, the screen asking me to confirm went away and only showed instructions to the poll worker saying that the cartridge must be reinserted before the next voter. I took information design classes in college, and this was not good information design.

After putting in my vote for the good doctor, I turned to the line, where a redneck family was sporting Huckabee buttons on the mom, the dad, and the five year old kid with the camo hat. I turned to the old ladies running the sign-in and asked somewhat loudly, "I saw the sign saying we can't have campaign literature at the polling place. Does that mean no t-shirts or buttons, either?"

She replied, "No, nothing with a candidate's name within 200 feet of the polling place."

"So no buttons or anything," I said, a bit louder, and looking the Huckabee dad in the eyes.

She confirmed again, I said thank you, and then walked out to him saying, "Wait, so what I'm doing is illegal?"

Of course he knew, but it was fun to embarrass him on it.

Everyone hope to have Fred knocked out today. With Nevada going so well, if Dr. Paul is a solid fourth, I'll be happy. If he beats Romney or Huck, I'll be ecstatic.

Get out there and vote, y'all.

- Chris

 

[LEK]

I voted about two hours ago. No snow in Greenville/Spartanburg right now, just rain. (2 pm as I write this).

On the way out of my subdivision I noticed several Huckabee and Romney signs where there weren't any yesterday (the subdivision is across fom a school where voting is taking place). My Ron Paul sign, in the same vacinity but across the street from the other signs, was run over. So I got out, shaking my head in feigned disgust, and unbent it to straighten it back up. Made me angry at first and then I actually felt pity for the dolt who did it.

LOTS of Romney signs at my voting location - is that because he didn't stump here much? Don't know. Only two voting machines where I voted and very, very few people at about 11 am.

Back home and warming my poor cold feet.

LEK