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I've been here about an hour and a half. 5 people from front now!

If JOHN got up early and voted, I feel good about Obama's chances.

John voted for Bob Barr, though.

aren't you people worried that no matter how many votes obama gets, no matter how significant his majority, the republicans will rig this election like they have the last two?

No, because they didn't rig 2004 and it's debatable that they rigged 2000.

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I am a little bit, Justine. Although I think past debacles have made people a little more observant.

I feel so excited! This is the first time I've gotten to do prez voting in person - voted absentee the last 2 elections.

xp I was thinking John always voted for Jello Biafra, so I guess Bob Barr is progress.

I am always worried about everything, RR, but even if I thought the Rs would try to steal the election, I think there's just too many states leaning Obama to make it plausible. (Also - what Dan said).

ugh i don't know how i am going to sit through work/class now!!!

I came home and got the dishwasher going. Next I will take out my pent-up anxiety on the laundry.

But class would be horrible. (It was bad enough last night, especially since they made us watch 1980s videos about how nursing touches people, complete with "Lean on Me" on the soundtrack. I swear I am not making this up.)

The bad news: A lot of voters have been wrongly purged from the polls: http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/voter_purges

The good news: More often than not, courts have been blocking attempts to stop people from voting: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/gop_voter_suppression_more_mis.php

There were a lot os shenanigans in 2000 and 2004, and again in 2008, but this "stealing the election" talk serves more to discourage voters than to prevent supression or fraud. There are a lot of people working very hard to make sure the elections are fair and legitimate. I feel better about this election than either of the previous two.

What the Obama camp is doing to protect voters: http://washingtonindependent.com/16281/obama-lawyers-defend-%E2%80%98vote-fraud%E2%80%99-efforts

Those are cool booths.

Am I a curmudgeon for not wanting to donate my Facebook status to "get out the vote". Just seems kind of. . pointless.

Nah, I'm not sure how it would actually help get the vote out. Maybe better to write your own message anyway.

I know, those booths are HOTT

Hello all, to enrage dan further I am in venice and about to go eat dinner in one of the world's truly great bars. Tinged a little with regret that to save money I booked us into a self catering flat with no internet and bad cell service so my information nipple is shriveled and dry.

I'm drinking a lot of today's display name, though.

I don't know if I'm madder about the European jaunting or the fact that you just used the phrase "information nipple".

iNipple -- coming January 2009. And won't Steve Jobs' demonstration of it be something.

Meantime, what's with people in Andover?

"Minnesota Nice" apparently isn't?

Minnesota Thorough!

holy crap

Honestly, the only thing about that story that surprises me is lack of HSTNGS content.

^^^ Dan painfully OTM.

State bird: Common Loon
State butterfly: Monarch
State drink: Milk
State fish: Walleye
State flower: Pink and white lady slipper
State fruit: Honeycrisp apple
State gemstone: Lake Superior agate
State grain: Wild rice
State motto: L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North")
State muffin: Blueberry
State mushroom: Morel
State photograph: Grace
State song: "Hail! Minnesota"
State tree: Red Pine also known as Norway Pine
State sport: The most dangerous game

Hey, our beloved former governor, Jesse Ventura, did once say you'd never hunted until you'd hunted MAN.

One coke too many stolen from the office fridge.

He was truly a Law and Order governor.

about to go to the partay, need bouze, on edge...

I have to go pick the kids up from school, so booze at my house is probably many hours away. SADLY

wait, we have a state muffin????

Kind of a generic state muffin though, shouldn't it be mosquito and ludefisk or something?

Do not confuse state muffin with state pie.

State motto: some sorta swishy French talk by communists

wtf MN is not upstate New York!

our state motto is something boringly self-loathing in Norwegian

Why why WHY didn't I take Norwegian at Olaf when I had the chance?!

wau you would think it would take a computer program less than 3 minutes to translate "my mother doesn't love me" from English to Norwegian but I guess you would be wrong

It is hard for even computers to fathom the bizarre sequence of letters that is the Norwegian language.

...so MSNBC calls PA and slew of other states for Obama; I cannot enjoy this moment because my Dad was on the phone asking for computer help. ARGH

I have seriously got to stop answering my telephone.

BREAKING NEWS! - CNN CALLS MINNESOTA FOR OBAMA WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF THE POLLS CLOSING - BREAKING NEWS!

i was enjoying the fakeout drama they were trying to pull about "Minnesota potentially still up for grabs oh no wait syke duh of course losers"

I had a hard time imagining Minnesota going Republican this year of all years after not doing so since 1972...

So yeah, I am pleased with how fast we were called.

Still waiting for more states to be called for Obama before I feel even remotely satisfied, though.

Okay, so Ohio being called for Obama = me at least remotely satisfied.

haha yeah i saw mccain 0% Obama 0% - we call Obama!

Just flip a coin, it's statistically relevant!

You guys!!! Hastings constituency: I love you guys!

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