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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:35 PM
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Voting in a Garage...
http://blogs.chron.com/election/2010/11/video_voting_in_a_garage.html

In Rice Village they've been doing it for years. Interesting story. No available public space.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:36 PM
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1. When I was a kid, my Mom and dad voted in a little wooden shack with a pot belly stove.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:46 PM
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3. That would be something.
I vote in a public school here, just like I did in MI. Having a unique place to go would be kind of fun.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:40 PM
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2. When in Texas I vote in a Dress Shop
A very odd choice, but hey, someone gave up their space.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:47 PM
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4. That is an odd place. Do they close for election day?
We had a group of kids playing silent ball (not very silently) in the gym that I voted at.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:48 PM
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5. That's where I voted ( in CA ) until absentee voting cut the demand.
Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 03:49 PM by Gormy Cuss
It really threw me for a loop when I first moved here because I had never heard of a polling place that wasn't in public space. Now I'm voting at the fire house.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:12 PM
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6. I can imagine.
I would be like wtf? Am I being played?
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:16 PM
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7. I voted in a garage this morning. That is typical, and it's nice to have the polls close to home.
The garages I usually end up voting in are much closer than the nearest public space, which is an elementary school about a mile from my home.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:17 PM
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8. It's very cool. This is down in Rice Village, Houston.
Our elementary school was across the street in MI, and a 2 minute drive (I could have walked if it wasn't raining) here.
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