Just arrived at the NPR HQ and took a quick shot of other early arrivals. Right now, a lot of the bloggers in the room are from NPR – at least most of the guys 🙂
On a local note – I see that there was an equipment problem this morning in Chesapeake. Fortunately, the problem was fixed.
As I reported on my Twitter account, my own precinct had record turnout today, even though there was no one in line when I stopped by. Perhaps it was all of those folks who were in line with me last Friday 😦 I did get a report earlier that about 50% of eligible voters in VA had voted absentee – but as I’ve been away from the computer most of the day, I haven’t confirmed that.
More to come.
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Can anyone explain to me why there was such as high absentee ballot count this year in many states? I don’t mean the physical number of ballots, but the actual percentage is very high.
I would guess that the reason is that so many people were afraid that the lines today would be too long.
But I’ve not heard anything specific.