This is my diary encouraging everyone to get out there and early vote if it is available in your state! Here's my story:
I am a man of habit. I'm only in my mid-20's, but since I turned 18, I've voted in every election possible, be it city, county, state or national. Primaries and general elections. As far as I can figure, I've voted in at least 10 different elections in my short time as an eligible voter.
I'm not by any means a morning person. I do like being up in the morning, I just hate getting up. The one exception to this is on election days...especially national election days: I would always wake up at 7 a.m., walk or drive to my voting location, vote, stop some place for coffee/breakfast, then return home and turn on CNN or MSNBC to watch the election results stream in (usually I'd have a good 8 hours before any results actually started).
I had rarely...in fact, I have never encountered a line at my polling location. Since I knew turnout was going to be massive this year, and since I plan on being in Chicago this year on November 4th, yesterday I bit the bullet and went in and cast my early-vote ballot.
Let me tell you about my experience.
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