I went to my polling location in Adams Morgan this morning at 7:30 and the line was around the block - which was a little odd since this is D.C. after all, it’s not like a lot of people are on the edge of their seat waiting to see who we vote for. I decided to wait till later. I think this guy must have the same polling place.

Since Mike and I will be at Democratic Headquarters until at least midnight-ish tonight, I decided to go home in the middle of the day to take Moose out and vote. I went back to the polls at around 2:00 and didn’t have to wait at all.

Having spent my enitre adult life in Philadelphia, I have only ever used the lever-type voting machines, so I was amazed to use a pencil to scribble in a connection on the arrow for my candidates of choice. It was oddly satisfying, and not nearly as anxiety producing as the lever - I was always afraid I would screw something up and my chance to make my voice heard would be gone forever. In any case, coloring with a pencil left me with no anxiety whatsoever.

After coloring (and trying desperately to stay in the lines) I took my card to a machine where I fed my ballot into a machine, and then I was finished. I felt the same exhileration I always feel when I vote and walked from Adams Morgan to Dupont Circle to get on the metro to go back to work.

What was your voting experience like?