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Memo to cya: I went to the polls, voted for Obama, then went to my job. The idea that Obama voters don't work is a slander.

I voted in PA It took all but 10 minutes and I proudly casted my vote for SENATOR OBAMA OH HAPPY DAY!!!

To those in areas with broken machines and long lines, we're praying for you. Don't give up. Your vote is too important. Don't let them suppress your vote. NOT THIS TIME!!!!

Vote for change!!! Vote OBAMA!!!!!!

PLEASE PLEASE DONT LET THE GOP STEAL THIS ELECTION AGAIN PLEASE NO MORE REPUBLICANS!!!!! DONT GIVE UP OBAMA SUPPORTERS

Here's hoping a victory for Obama-Biden. Obama gets 4 votes from my household. A time for change is here. Goodbye to dirty republicans. McCain-Palin will ride off into the sunset and will not be heard again. Go Obama-Biden.

Why do we always fire the coach when the TEAM loses??? Americans make this country, not the President !! Dems / Repubs – it should be American House and Senate.....The President doesn't raise taxes – the Dems/Repubs do. Has anyone looked at the pay raise they voted themselves ?? House $3300 / Congress $4100 / President $0.00........Get off the coach – It's time Americans took back America...WE THE PEOPLE....stop blaming each other – we know its broke – LET'S Fix it.......

This is absurd. How long have they been predicting record turnout for now? And they have not provided an adequate number of machines for some districts? This is pure incompetence by election officials nationwide.

This is too sad. We need Obama/Biden now more then ever. We should be having election held over a whole weekend and the results made public the following Tuesday.

So strange how they don't make sure all the machines are working before election day...and it's always in the swing states...hmmm, what a coincidence.

Hey Hey Hey...and away we go. Another year of cheating the polls. But just remember who you have voted for and what they promissed before they got in office, because they will not do it when in office. Will you have the balls to take them out of office if they don't do it right?

Wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonite !

/27. Super DNovember 4th, 2008 9:50 am ETGood…..lots of broken machines……we need to prevent the ignorant and uneducated from voting for the devil. I pray that there’s problems everywhere and that Obama votes will be lost.I don’t want dummies deciding who the next president is, they have no business voting!/

Do you know how ignorant and uneducated that YOU sound? If there are problems everywhere,then your precious McCain votes could be lost too. This is supposed to be a democracy and EVERYONE has the right to vote and have their voice be heard, even the ignorant, uneducated dummies such as yourself.

And what's this nonsense in Miami-seperate lines for whites and blacks? What in Hades is going on?

And we are suppose to trust that they will talley the votes correctly.
This is an effort to steal this election. Cheaters never prosper.

Washington Co. VA here. Very, very conservative area. No lines, in and out within 5 minutes.

Obama/Biden

I voted in rural Mississippi and the only people using paper ballots are the ones that are not wanting to wait in line. I will say this... I voted for John McCain, BUT will support whichever one wins. If we dont support our president we will not make it as a country. BUT!!! I will have a serious problem if the next president tries to change our flag or our national anthem! Too many people gave their lives and are currently fighting for our flag! I will not stand by and watch it be taken away!

God Bless America!!

I knew that George Bush would get blamed yet again. Now it is the rain tomorrow it will be something else.

God Bless our country were going to need it in the next 4 years.

My vote for Bob Barr was proudly entered today!
No vote for the bailout duo McCain/Obama.

From over here it's very clear what's going on.. and it's Disgusting!
The "Democatic" leader of the world will yet again have another fixed election.. Misleading robo calls, Machine Breakdowns! Please!!! Our news channels are already comparing it to 2000, and 2004.. God help the Republican Party if they steal this one too!

@ robert in MN,

Sorry that your polling place is having trouble with the machines, it's 2008 and we should be able to make a machine read the ballots. As for turning the shirt inside out, it is illegal in MN to wear campaign paraphenelia to vote. no one can campaign within x feet of the polls. If they do, and their candidate loses there can be lawsuits to reconsider the ballots.

Usually when my mother and I vote together, it's a process of under 5 minutes. We're in and out without any lines or fuss. Ah, but this Election Day in November, it was totally different in New York City.

Arrived at polling place at 6:15 am. Waited in line for a good 25 to 30 minutes to vote. I've been voting since the election of 1992, and have never seen anything like what I saw this morning at a public school, where I went to vote with my mother. There were around 50 people inside on line waiting. Now, that was the first surprise I had this morning. The second was when my mother and I were standing in that line of people waiting for our turn to go into the booth. And, I looked around and realized there were almost another 24 standing behind us.

When I saw my candidate's name, I took a deep breath and pulled the lever for him. Although I will not say whom I voted for, I knew my single vote had the ability to change history. And, that is the golden principle of democracy to me.

We can send a man to the moon but can't fix a stationary computerized machine. WOW!

I don't see why we can't just go back to using paper ballots around the country. I used a paper ballot when I voted this morning in Gainesville, Florida and it was a breeze (and no wait at all!). Plus, there is a paper trail in the event that any sort of recount is needed.

This is what really scares me. When we actually have a strong canidate all of the sudden the machines break down! Obama dont worry god is in control this is your year!

mcbush, your biggest mistake was palin around with sarah.

go obama

It's interesting that we are capable of putting a man on the moon but some how we are not capable to fix our voting machines. Mayors, Governors responsible for voting areas currently experincing minor difficulties that could have been resolved prior to election day goes to show their ineffective leadership on this matter. Days, Weeks, Months ago we all understood the magnitude of election day to come. Shame on the local leadership for not planning! We are what we do and if we don't do that well then that says a lot about who we are. Bottom line GET R' DUN! Take care of the American People.

No excuses!

Most of you can't even spell Bush correctly, and you think the republicans are breaking the voting machines? I bet you also favor 9-11 conspiracy theories? Liberals.

Republic of Texas .... Right on. Maybe a republican gave him a ballot that was doctored? If you cross of McCain and Give him the option to vote for himself or "present", he probably couldn't decide. On one hand ... he should vote for himself, on the other, he's voted present 130 other times, why stop now?

I wish the media would not be allowed to announce anything until ALL polls were closed and votes counted. Already this am on TODAY Show they stated if BO gets Virginia – it's over.....Americans love a winner, I feel there will be a lot of Bandwagon voters – because they just did not take the time to research the candidates.....

Isn't it ironic that the bulk of the voting problems are coming from swing states in which Sen Obama has an edge? Vote for change America... PLEASE!! We need change so desparately.

In 2000, when I was a senior in high school, it was the first election where Pres. Douche was running. It was complete chaos in Dayton, OH. All of the highly black populated areas where having problems with machines and the polls were sending people away advising that people's polling places had changed.
I am figuring that it will be the same way this year. I don't see why it would be any different. If anything they have more of a reason and it is sad. Knowing that the voting machines are so easy to hack into. They wonder why some don't want to cast a vote at all.
I am hoping that this year is different. I am hoping that the stuff messing us around and let everyone cast their vote. As well as let every vote count.
They have had 4 yrs to get these machines together. Of course, it would only be the "black" areas that are having the problems.

This is rediculous. Why is it, that this is only happening in minority areas? You can only feel good about yourself winning fair and square. This proves that people will go above and beyond just to come out on top. Go Obama!

These machines must be running on a Windows platform.

Maybe they should go to Mac?

I'm concerned with the health of senior ctizens' heatlh in this weather.
Making them wait in the rain is just–sick.

Don't you Dems realize it's the Congress (majority Democratic) that has created this mess in the country, not Bush and the Republicans. And now you want more of the same? You don't know what you're talking about. We need to be a strong leader in the world and Obama scares me. You don't know what you're voting for. Go McCain and vote Republican!

So the machines did not work and new memory sticks were brought into Fairfax, VA? Switching the memory stick is a simple way to rig the results and that leaves no trace, as demonstrated recently by thorough research at Princeton University. The flaws of electronic voting machines are well-known, and the US has done fine without them for hundreds of years. No surprise that this is happening in Virginia, where the margin of victory is likely to be close. Why this complacency with such a manipulable electoral system?

Paper ballots and honest poll watchers! If the state of Virginia messes this up, let's make sure their criminals are prosecuted fully. We have to stop thinking that election fraud from republicans is just part of the political process.

Here we go, you had to see this coming. Why is it that only the machines in the predominant Obama areas seem to "break down" . My question is, what happened to all those votes before the machine "broke down". I smell "trickery". Oh by the way, early polls show Obama has Texas in play! Now wouldn't that be something. Get out there fellow Texans and bring it home for Obama

It is so unfortunate that supporters are called cronies, but the stereo typing "cool aid drinking libs" this is so disrespectful. Maybe if all of you negative people would drink some cool aid you might not be so nasty. This is America grow up.
Children have more common since then some of the people I have heard during this elections.

People . . . please perservere and stay the course. This is just a distraction . . . Vote! Anyway possible. Obama/Biden 08

Lets keep the american dream alive and say no to socialist and marxist policies. Wake up from the obama spell and vote mccain palin

Like all the changes candidates promising, they need to promise to change voting system so that a hard copy is always available in the event a recount or inspection necessary. With the all-computerized voting system, if I vote for some one and machine recognizes and records it to some one else (it's very possible) no way to know if my vote went to the account of the person I voted for. It is very hard to manipulate paper ballot.

It's hard to believe that so many Americans can be so weak minded as to believe that obama would be a wise choice based on his level of experience, voting record, and choices in acquaintances. I sincerely hope that there are enough Americans with common sense enough to vote for McCain, our only real choice this election.

We as Americans claim that we are the "best in the world", but we seem to have problems every year with voting. Why can't we ge this right. I almost think we the people have not been in charge for many years and "the man" is running things. I guess that is still the case. I will still go and vote, but I'm sure DIEBOLD machines will change my vote. Bastards!!!!!!!

This definitely seems to be a recurring issue that always works out for the Republicans. We know the elections are coming 4 years in advance, there has to be a better, more secure system of voting which will not allow any votes to be miscalculated, lost, stolen, you name it. It's like that movie with Robin Williams.

Hopefully, if there's a tie this year or another problem, Obama will not forfeit as easily as Kerry did in the last race. If you've come all this way, why throw it all away because you don't want to put the American people through it? If Kerry did somehow have enough votes for the last election, he could've saved us a lot of trouble that we've had over the last four years.

I'm voting for Obama, but Regardless of what happens, I can't wait until January 20th because it can't possibly become any worse than these last 8 years. It's probably going to take another 8 years to undo all of the harm that Bush has done to this country.

Super D to say no one should b allowed to vote if they vote for Obama is against what this country stands for Americans have a right to vote for whomever they wish .

Your calling Obama evil and praying that all the voting machines breakdown is a joke .

All the voting machines better work and give an accurate talley of who voted for who.

I just voted for Obama with only 4 people in front of me and we use the new paper ballot machines very easy and fast.

All the states should use paper ballots .

Obama will be elected Tonight thank God for that .

If I had to make a bet God will be very pleased that Obama is President

I believe he is here now for a reason in our history calling divine timing.

Obama is loved by people all over the world and their is a reason for this .

If you have not voted yet go and Vote for Obama because yes You Can

Let's hope those replacement memory cards don't have "REPUBLICAN" imprinted on them

After 2000 and 2004, I don't trust the RNC or the way any election disputes tend to conveniently fall their way, defying all predictions, research, and the law of odds.

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, November 4th, 2008 9:45 am ET

Best comment of the day. Thanks for the laugh!

Don't let the dummies vote? It baffles me that the blue collars in this state actually think the Republicans are conservative still. Look at the last four years of spending, look at the lies, look at the corruption. This is conservative? Obama IS THE CONSERVATIVE Joe! Your party does not behave the way you believe it does. Pull your head out of the rhetoric and read a newspaper. Slightly higher taxes aren't going to matter much if you don't have a job to pay them with.

Look, I'm in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, and I'm truly scared for you guys if Obama doesn't win. Stuff like this is what makes me wonder how you guys can be so far ahead of 99% of the world and yet just plain backwards in other areas. Your leaders know of these problems and do nothing to fix it. I'll never understand it. Paper ballots hold some uncertainty, too. All it takes is one partisan voting worker to drop them off in the improper place. I hate to sound all Chicken-Little-the-sky-is-falling, but this election matters so much that it has to be done properly, and not be a repeat of 2000.

BTW, when international people favor a certain person in power over the other by 3:1, that should definitely be taken into account when casting your vote.

now they will bring memory card full with votes for McCain

God help us all if we screw up this election; two in a row has been horrible, three in a row would be devestating!

They came out the woorwork in NEPA (NorthEast Pennsylvania) – Monroe County. First time voters.... you can tell – they have no idea what they're doing too. OMG – it's come to this !

I arrived at my polling station in Alexandria, VA at 6:45am this morning. It took me 90 minutes to vote, but the lengthy wait had nothing to do with voting machine problems – the process was actually very smooth and efficient. There was simply a staggering turnout – the most I've ever experienced in 20 years of voting.

This white, 40-year-old male voted PROUDLY for Obama.

Oh those Maverick Machines!!

Sounds like the inevitable conspiracy theory crackpots have already started popping out of the woodwork. I don't care who you're voting for, if you can't exercise reason in what you say or what you choose to believe about what you hear, you're essentially spitting in the face of the country.

The sort who say " I pray the Republican/Democratic votes get lost" are essentially saying "To me politics is just a football game, and I don't care if the rules are followed as long as my team wins".

That's the antithesis of what the American democracy is about. If you put party before country, and actually hope that some of yoru fellow Americans don't get to exercise their vote simp,y because they disagree with you, you're spitting on everything your country stands for.

Congratulations...that may make you a good Republican/Democrat, but it makes you a horrible American.

Regardless of how long the line is, VOTE! It is time for change, our country is in terrible shape. We need to get out of the recession we are currently in, end the war in Iraq, end unemployment, mortgage foreclosing. Obama can change this! VOTE Obama! Let's make change TODAY!

My husband and I voted at the Oak Marr Rec Center this morning. We we in line by 6:15 am, and out by 6:55 am. I voted by machine with no problems. My husband chose to use the paper ballot. Two votes for Senator Barack Obama–the next President of the United States of America! USA! USA!

Go Obama/Biden – save our constitutional rights from the PNAC that Bush/McCain secretly established.

Google PNAC

Good Thing our men and women are over in Iraq dieing for democracy, when WE DON'T HAVE ANY HERE IN THE GOOD OLD U.S.!!!

Voted this morning in NC with no problems.

Elections are determined by the people who count the votes, not the voters. The Republican Party knows this well and will be doing everything in their power to shew the outcome to McCain's favor. And, they call themselves the "Country First" Party; they are clueless about putting Country First; for Republicans its Party First serving the money interests of the wealthy individuals. Through the internet this election cycle, the intention and shady actions of the Republican Party has been made clearly visible.

Please remember – we are not a 3rd world country. We do not need Jimmie Carter to monitor our elections If something breaks, it is no different than yor car breakinhg down. Stuff happens. Not everything is a conspiracy

In Hampton , VA when I woke up this morning to go vote, there was an Obama/Mark Warner tag on my door. I got to the polling place at 6:45 am and the line was out the door and down the sidewalk. There were some Obama/Biden flags out front that were promptly taken down due to guidelines that say campaign literature etc cannot be within 40 feet of the polling place. There was a sign for curbside voting. Signs for what your voting rights and responsiblities are. Make sure you have ID. Maybe I'm just naive but I don't see where all of the concerns are about voter suppression. I waited about 45 minutes. I voted for John McCain (proudly). And I'm black! So take that Obama

How can we TRUST the government to investegate themselves!!!!!
Each of these swings states that are having "trouble" are governed by republicans. How can we TRUST THEM!!

Cant believe that this happens in AMERICA. Is it democracy? why on the earth they make sure that those machines work proeprly?

It still boggles my mind that some states can have these problems. I live in a quasi-battleground state here in MN, with HUGE voter turnout expected(especially with the close Coleman Franken race). And I just had to walk right up to the poll and vote.....took about 15 mins tops.

I voted here in Indiana, waited over an hour, I was in line at 6am and there were probably two hundred people in line already. Good thing my employer allowed for us to be late for work. Obama will take all 50 states. Sorry McLate

McCain cannot win honestly. The GOP and the McCain campaign are going to commit election fraud.

I voted early – no problems.

Hang in there people. It means more this time than ever that we get it correct.

Obama/Biden

No problem in rural Northern NY. 5 minutes into the booth pull the lever for OBAMA and out proud as a peacock!

US needs to learn the voting system from India. I am not saying the system there is perfect, but with a huge population, India manages to conduct an orderly election every 5 years. A number of states have switched from paper voting to electronic voting. The electronic voting machine (EVM) produce paper trail. EVM has several built in anti-tampering mechanism, runs on battery and is designed to be used by even an illiterate person.

Only in America. In the 21st century we can not have the tecnology to go along with the century. Man to the moon – no problem, high tech video games – no problem, election booths – problem. Makes me wonder if they keep it this way to discourage voters or to cheat.

You've GOT to be kidding. How can the US voting system be so full of flaws, resulting in voters' votes being destroyed and/or lost?! making people wait out in the rain so they're dripping all over their ballots, ruining them?! Voting machines breaking down on the day of the election (do they not test them in advance?)?! Polling officers forgetting ballots in the trunk of her grandson's truck and making voters wait 36 minutes?! I am wondering how many of the people delayed by these screw-ups had to forego voting in order to get to work on time? Unbelievable.

It is my hope that Obama will win. It will be a sad day for wildlife and the environment if Redneck Sarah Palin with her penchant for shooting defenceless wolves from helicopters and killing off endangered polar bears in the name of oil gets into office. Good luck Obama!!!!

Here in Minnesota, the machine that takes our paper ballots was broken. We were just stuffing them into a box. It seemed very insecure and far from tamper-proof. Also, I overheard the man in charge criticizing an old guy wearing a t-shirt that celebrated Bush's upcoming final day in office. He was saying he'd make the man, in his 70s, turn his shirt inside-out before he'd allow him to vote. It makes me nervous that he will be in charge of this box of loose ballots.

John McCain is weak on economics. Sarah is a pea brain with an IQ deficit, almost as scary as Bush with his Achilles brain. Obama is cerebral and calm. a model of how a leader should be. His running mate, Joe Biden, while exhibiting signs of verbal diarrhea, at least seems capable of performng his duties as a VP.
Whoever you Americans chose to rule your nation will make very little difference to your country's declining status in the world, however. The rise of China and India is inevitable. The days of Ameican hegemony are numbered.
My advice: lose some weight, re-educate yourselves and learn to work with the rest of the world with a little humility and grace!

McCain Palin 2008! Lots of red in Lancaster County PA!

This morning in Shreveport Louisiana,
There was a voting machine problem at precint 00/004 at Southern Hills Elementary School about 6:30 or so this morning. I just want to report this in case there are people who voted from that voting machine before it broke down and make sure their votes are counted.
Thank you, Claudia Goodie

I voted today when polls opened in Philadelphia, already a line out the door of the building at 6:50 AM, 10 minutes before polls opened. Interesting thing that happened: around 7:05 things were still being held up by some machines, and a woman came out telling people to leave and come back later if we wanted. It wasn't clear if she was a poll worker but she seemed to present herself as if she was. Needless to say, we all told her we weren't going anywhere. We also said "you really shouldn't be sending people away" and she got defensive. We informed the local poll watchers about it but it was more than a little off-putting.

Hey Kevin wake up !!!! Your code words are just pathetic, that is why we in this country need CHANGE, not the same racial hatered that has been going on for years. Conservative say God & Country well seeing how you talk about God didn't God say " we are all created equal".
Kevin you are ignorant!!!!

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS November 4th, 2008 9:45 am ET

I NOTICED THAT OBAMA TOOK A LONG TIME TO VOTE, I GUESS HE COULD NOT FIND THE "PRESENT" BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Republic of Texas,
Sounds like you wnat to suceed from the Union. Are you that racist that you don't realize that the Campaign is over? The only thing you can do is vote. And what you should do is keep your synical comments about the next POTUS to your self.

The voting machines are electronic. Malfunctions can occur with any electronics. If you have a problem waitig in line as it is now stop and think how long the line would be if everything was done on a peper ballot. Stop complaining, wait your turn and vote. It's that simple.

Laughable! The Dems are already making excuses.

Machines breakdown people, even new ones.

Also, the computer voting machines can be hacked in just over 6 minutes. You can push your vote for one candidate and it will count for the other. That is why paper vote is the only way to go.

15 minutes to vote this morning. I'm not seeing record turn outs in Atlanta..

I thought America was the superpower....how is it that this voting process is so difficult? With all the Technology that America has...

So North Carolina, Virginia, and Jersey have had problems so far. I wonder how many battleground states will have problems. Ohio, Pennsylvania, maybe even here in Georgia, where I've heard that Obama was close to McCain in the polls. What was it that President Knucklehead said, or tried to say rather: "Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me." Contrary to what the Repubs think about the intellegence of Americans, we're not (all) stupid. We know what you're trying to do. You've gotten away with it before, and look where stealing elections has gotten our country. In the biggest multi-dimensional mess we've ever been in. Let it go, Repubs. I can guarentee that under Obama you'll lead happier and more prosperous lives.

Stay in line and vote. Vote with a paper ballot, if possible. We are making history today. There will be more blue on the map than ever before. In Madison, WI the Obama/ Biden yard signs outnumber the McCain/ Palin signs by at least 100 to 1, maybe more.

I'll tell you what's sad... how divided this country is. I understand that everyone wants their candidate to win, but for those of you who feel so strongly against the other candidate, are those feeling truly warranted? Obama is a good, moral man with different beliefs than McCain who has served his country honorably. I know that whoever wins will affect the direction of this country, but are you sure either candidate will actually affect you negatively. I doubt it. So stop hating so much... because that will hurt us all in the end.

That why I voted early for Obama/Biden becuase I knew this was going to happen.

Please stay in line and vote Obama/Biden

I had zero problems at my polling location here in Pittsburgh. Election officials were very efficient. Granted, I vote at a relatively small suburban location in the North of the City, but even that had a healthy little line. Was so very excited and proud to vote for Obama/Biden!!!

THANK GOD FOR EARLY VOTING! I HOPE THEY CHANGE THE RULES, SO THAT EVERY STATE HAS EARLY VOTING NEXT TIME!

AN OVERWHELMED OBAMA-BIDEN EARLY VOTER!

PS: DON'T GET DISCOURAGED, STAY IN LINE. YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT!

i hope the people votes will not be stolen this time,it happed a lot of times in favour of repb and busch,i say to the americans dont pick it this time,go vote earlier and vote obama,you need this men for president,when i hear this mccain he dont know about he is talking,he stilllives in the years 70,same for that idiot palin,she must now that the american people is not stupid,all the luck.

It's an American travesty that in 2008 voter fraud remains in the form of disabling easy, punctual voting.

Virginia is perhaps the bell-weather state. For whom will it toll, if voters can't endure the line, discouraged by their length and weather?

What a shame given all the work done over the last two years. The governor should be held accountable as he was forewarned.

Whenever the USA runs an election, there is always a problem, with voting, breakdowns, etc. etc. You'd think we were a 3rd world sinkhole. We sure look like it.

Enough of Busch and McCain.

VOTE OBAMA / BIDEN

In addition, in VA it is POURING down rain and the lines are still longer than usual......

GO OBAMA!!!

What ever it takes, how long the waiting is, it's for a bright future of the world! Most countries around the world vote 85+% for Obama! Obama is a young and energetic guy, which is needed for Change! not an 72 year old person! come on America choose for a "bright" future for all of us!

I'll say it again - vote by mail, as we do in Oregon. Paper ballot mailed to your home, you fill it out at your leisure, then mail it or drop at an official ballot drop box. Easy, safe, no lines, no weather issues, and in the 12 years I've been doing it, not a whisper of fraud.

Please - start a movement in YOUR state to spread this method across the country. It works!

What baffles me is that EVERYONE knew this date was coming. Yet the 'powers that be' – Board of Elections – still didnt ensure that machines were working properly and in adequate amounts in all districts KNOWING that there was a surge in new voter registration. Some things just never cease to amuse me.

The Republicans are trying everything including breaking the blasted machines to stop Obama from winning. Americans --have patience and cast your vote.When you vote remember it's only the DEMs.that can get you out of this mess that the Republicans have created.

The people will vote Obama and the machines will say McCain. its gonna be a maverick upset!

Waited about an hour in line in Fairfax County, VA; when I got to the front, no one was using paper ballots. People were waiting in line for the machines. When they asked if anyone wanted to vote on paper, I raised my hand and jumped to the front of the line. It seems (at least at my polling place) that things would go faster if more people would choose the paper ballots.

I just hope that this doesn't point or lead to any type of contested or delayed decision tonight. We don't need the Supreme Court deciding our President again. That's the screw-up that got us moving in the WRONG direction in 2000.

Expect no less from America/Repubs, definition of sketchy

Given the fact that:
A) American claims to be the most technologically advanced nation in the world
B) Americans consider the President to be the Leader of the Free World
C) America holds itself up as the Leader of the World Democracies

Why then, have you not been able to reform your election process so that it:
A) Guarantees that every eligible elector can be registered
B) Guarantees that every vote cast will be counted
C) Uses standardized technology that is free of manipulation and fraud

Seems you might you some of those long months of campaigning to make changes to your electoral system that would be both meaningful and reflective of the values you so espouse. Well, thats the view from this Canadian anyway.

I have several republican neighbors that said they will never admit it publically, but they voted for Obama. The only sane choice.

I live in Henrico county Va. It only took me 5 minutes to vote. To bad they can't send those voters to my polling place.

OBAMA 08!

Stay focused, stay in line and stay strong. Vote your conviction and you will know the only change is Obama.

WOW, you would think that the Repugnants would at least go out with some dignity, but I can see by most of the hateful comments they will play the hater's card to the end.

God bless Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Democrats, John McCain, Sarah Palin and yes all Republicans even the hateful Republicans.

T his is no accident, it is a calculated move by Bush appointees to de-legitimize the election so that they can steal it for a third time.

Don't stand for this stuff, we need to have RIGOROUS voting machine reform. Every electronic voting machine has been shown to be hackable with no trace of the original legitimate vote counts.

And the hacking begins….
Hey, it worked for them in 2004, right? Why change?

AGREED! It would be nice to see the Republicans participate in an election where they didn't have to resort to fraud, voter intimidation and lies.

ooops...Lines are being separated by poll workers in Miami. A line for Blacks and a line for Whites.!!!!!!!!!!

CNN PLEASE MODERATE THIS

Just in, Palin's doctor release a statement on her health but no medical records in sight. They didn't even mention her last medical procedure. HER PREGNANCY.

We are all Americans!

Why don't more people request absentee ballots? I vote from home, no lines, paper ballot, time to look up judges and bond issues. What could be easier?

In Miami, they are separating lines at the pools by Whites & Blacks. This is a problem!!!!!!!!!

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS:

People like you never cease to amaze me. Out of all the things going on today you took the time to analyze how 'long' Obama' took to vote. Wow. Seriously get real.

I just voted in Hampton, VA; HUGE lines for the dems too.....

The only thing bad about all this happening with the long lines is that McCain supporters have jobs they need to get back to and can't wait forever like Obama supporters

Great. MEMORY CARD PROBLEMS. Anyone want to speculate on if the new ones have been "prevoted" for McCain?

I'm the futhest thing from a Republican, but it's too bad McCain. He's a sincere guy and he's paid the price. The last casualty of George W. Bush.

plz. Tell all people to Show there support by adding them self to a group on facebook called (RIP To Obama's Grandmother) I am Douglas Moore from Toronto Canada and I aprove this msg........

I find it necessary for ALL states in the future to use scanners! I also find it VERY curious that Virginia has so much trouble with machines that don't work! How convenient for McCain, right?

this part of Missouri uses paper ballots that are scanned. It's very simple and I like the system.

Get Virginia up and running! It's an important state for Obama and I'm very disheartened that Virginia is having so much trouble.

I hope people don't give up! We wait in lines the day after Thanksgiving for hours just to shop...we can wait in line to decide the future of our great country!

I swear, is this the same place that put a man on the moon? I use the ATM every day and they never give me a problem. Huh I wonder why we can't seem to fix it! Like the guy on SNL says.... FIX IT!!

What in the world is going on...

Good.....lots of broken machines......we need to prevent the ignorant and uneducated from voting for the devil. I pray that there's problems everywhere and that Obama votes will be lost.

I don't want dummies deciding who the next president is, they have no business voting!

Wow it doesn't surprise me that the battle ground state va is ha ving issues like nc as well here we go

VA break out the paper and keep up ! You had 4 years to prepare for this...GET ON IT !! NO EXCUSES. This is NOT why VA residents pay taxes.

Why why why do you allow yourselves to be treted this way election after election???

I wonder how many times Obama and his cronies voted......

Virginia,

The next Florida of 2000
or Ohia 2004.

This is yet another reason all voting machine should be uniformed as well as all ballot styles. Time for the Federal election board to get on board.

recount, recount, recount. Only it will be the republicans crying this in the next 12 hours.

just finished voting in Fairfax County – -no lines - no problems

I hope the memories on the cards have not already been programmed. It is truly ridicules for this to happen in the country that has and still is fighting wars for people to live in a democracy.

UH-OHHH!

Just finished voting in Fairfax County Virginia - no lines –no problems with machines

Better get those machines fixed.. No more rigging the election like in 2000.
McCain / Palin – get ready to pack up and go home
OBAMA (2008 -16)

Just what the republicans ordered. Paper ballots will always be the best way to go.

I hope bosses allow people the time they need to vote today. The line for my polling place was 2 hours so my boss is letting me leave early. Obama!!

How is it that we as a country oversee other country's elections when we have so many irregularities ourselves? Who is guaranteeing our democracy if people don't have adequate access to the polls? It's not like we don't vote for president every four years without fail–why aren't the polls better prepared for a large turnout of voters?!

WOOOOOOW!!!! I voted on paper....just because we have the technology doesn't mean it's the best way to go about something. Get rid of the machines stick to paper!!!! IT"S TOO IMPORTANT!

Isn't it sad that in a country such as ours we have a voting system
that has so many flaws. There is absolutely no excuse for people being victims of inadequate equipment, intimidation, unacceptable long lines, and one problem after another.
Let's hope this fiasco is addressed and fixed by the time a next
election comes along.
ENOUGH!!

I'm HIGHLY encouraged.... HUGE lines in rural, conservative Ohio.

Don't mix the Kool-Aid yet, libs.

Man oh man, Governor Wilder called this one last night on Miss Maddow's show. Virginia was woefully unprepared for the deluge of voters. Governor Kaine, I am a supporter of yours sir, but you are blowing it right now for Senator Obama!

paper ballots pencil only fair way

I NOTICED THAT OBAMA TOOK A LONG TIME TO VOTE, I GUESS HE COULD NOT FIND THE "PRESENT" BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How are voting machines even considered to be beneficial? Too many parts that can break, most of the Diebold machines can be hacked out of the box. Why can't we all just use pen and paper and be done with it?

And the hacking begins....
Hey, it worked for them in 2004, right? Why change?

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oh how surpirsing!!!!
wonder who is behind that and all the machines that are broking down all over the country??? winck wink

mm

NOT THIS TIME ROVE, NOT THIS TIME LIMBAUGH
NOT THIS TIME HENETY,
NOT THIS TIME MCBUSH
NOT THIS TIME

WE THE PEOPLE WILL WIN
WE THE PEOPLE WILL ELECT OUR PRESIDENT
THE YOUTH WILL FINALLY HAVE A SAY
NO MATTER WHAT THE REPBUBLICANS AND GOP, RNC, NRC, AND LIMBAUGH'S TROOPS DO NO THIS TIME

WE THE PEOPLE WILL WIN AGAINST ALL ODDS

OBAMA BIDEN 08 /12

Can anyone say fraud? What about the votes that were cast before it broke down? I guess those votes don't count either.

Please Richmond dont get discouraged stay in line and vote Obama/Biden 2008