I had a friend out in Seattle who felt strongly about casting a protest vote for Nader. Washington was a battleground state but the race here in Georgia was hugely lopsided to Bush. So we agreed that I would vote here for Nader and he would vote there for Gore.

Man, I explained to everyone around me in line what I was doing. The area where I live is very liberal and very Democratic, so I just felt I had to make sure they knew I was not abandoning Gore.