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I voted about twenty minutes ago, and my two ballots were 637 and 638. Which is to say, I was the 314th voter, and my polling place has 3038 people registered to vote there. The polls are open until 8, but it's unlikely to be a huge turnout for a midterm election where the only races are for city council and the school board, and there are no referenda.
The ballots are always interesting, since I can vote for as many people as I want, but I have to rank them 1, 2, 3, .... Which is why every campaign sign in Cambridge exhorts people to give the candidate their #1 vote. Even knowing what it means, it sounds odd.
Oh, and filling in bubbles on standardized tests comes in useful, too, since it's set up as a Scantron-type ballot. I've never used an electronic voting machine, and I hope never to (it's not just the last couple of Presidential elections that have made me feel this way, but it hasn't helped.)
The ballots are always interesting, since I can vote for as many people as I want, but I have to rank them 1, 2, 3, .... Which is why every campaign sign in Cambridge exhorts people to give the candidate their #1 vote. Even knowing what it means, it sounds odd.
Oh, and filling in bubbles on standardized tests comes in useful, too, since it's set up as a Scantron-type ballot. I've never used an electronic voting machine, and I hope never to (it's not just the last couple of Presidential elections that have made me feel this way, but it hasn't helped.)