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Central Austin turnout through the roof at my precinct - Don't forget to support corrections resolutions at precinct conventions tonight

By Gritsforbreakfast

When I worked on electoral campaigns professionally, I always voted early so I'd have election day to help out whatever campaign(s) for which I was working.Since I left that profession, though, I've made it a point to always vote on election day proper, partially because I'm a traditionalist (or as Kathy says, a curmudgeon) who's stuck in my ways, but also to gauge turnout, chat with the election workers, and participate in the rituals of the democratic process.Today at my precinct (#126 in central East Austin), more people voted by 3:30 p.m. (340) than sometimes vote all day in that precinct in a November election. I waited about a half hour in line to vote, and I'd say about 30-40% of the folks there (a lot more racially mixed bunch than was my precinct 15 years ago, incidentally) were planning to go to the caucuses this evening, from the conversations I had...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).