Voted

[koganbot]

Virtually no line, but the place was packed with voters. This was because Colorado has gone to paper ballots, which on the voting end makes things vastly more efficient. They give you a ballot, find a seat for you (it took 15 seconds for one to open up) at one of the many long tables, and you fill out the endless ballot (scads of referenda and judges to be voted on).

Over half of Colorado had already voted in advance, however; about 7,000 more Dems than Repubs, according to the radio (didn't mention independents), which isn't a big difference.

I didn't see any poll workers for candidates, though they may have been there. When I walked in, a fellow standing near me was being advised by an election official as to what to do, since his name wasn't on the list. The fellow thought that, since he's moved around a lot, he might be listed in some other precinct, and the election official was giving him advice on how to find out. Of course, the fellow could have been one of the people whose names had been purged. I hope he's persistent. Provisional ballot is a last resort, and I hope he tries other options first.

Comments

[koganbot]

Nate Silver on why you should ignore exit polls. Not sure how to tell which networks rely on them and which don't, however. Anyway, exit polls will overstate the Obama vote, says Silver; one hopes that the newscasters will bear this in mind.