My flickr friend Scot sent in the following report from West Bloomfield, MI:

Where did you vote (City/State):

West Bloomfield, Michigan. (Not absentee)
 

What time of day:

11/4/08 (for sure) 17:45 EST
 

What were the conditions like?

My newer voting precinct is in a new (new for me at least) middle school. Elections are held in a gymnasium. There were very many election workers and I believe I overheard them say that there were 11 voting booths/partitioned tables. One worker had said that they were a bit busy around lunch, but for the most part had been steady, but not behind all day. It took me longer to fill out my ballot than to sign in and receive it. There were about 8-10 people voting at the same time as I was. If you could call it a line, it was only one to three people long. It was well-organized and professional, but I found the workers a bit cold, especially for Americans.
 

What kind of voting machines?

We were given ballots with bic pens to fill out. Then you slide the ballot in a type of strong box that sucks it in like an ATM card. There was an electronic counter on the top of the box and a worker told me to make sure that when I slid my ballot in, that the number went up by one; it did.
 

Did you see any voter challenges?

No.
 

If you voted absentee, how did that work out?

n/a
 

Anything else you want to add?

Not this time, but the last time I voted against W. Bush, I mentioned that I had come to vote against the Republicans while waiting in line The election workers didn’t like that and told me I am not supposed to say anything political within 50 feet (or something like that) of the polls. I mentioned the First Amendment, but it pretty much stopped there. No wonder I got kicked out of school so much.

Thank you Scot!