FINAL REPORT.  Thanks everyone who sent these in!

Where did you vote (City/State):

Somerville, MA
 

What time of day:

11/4/08 7 AM
 

What were the conditions like?

Fire station. Very busy. Line went about a block and a half up the street the whole time I was there. Very orderly. It took me 30 minutes to get in. Another 15 to vote and get out. I saw only one woman leave without voting (she had picked the wrong polling station and waited 30 minutes and then found out she was in the wrong place and had to go up the street to the correct place). A couple people were asked to remove or cover up candidate-specific T-shirts or pins before entering the facility. There was a photographer. People were in good spirits. There was a starbucks down the street honoring their “free coffee if you vote” campaign – the line at Starbucks was quite long as well (I skipped it). The people were very friendly. We spent a lot of time discussing the automated call from the fire department that was accidentally forwarded to every phone in the city at 3:45am today.
 

What kind of voting machines?

I had to use a marker on a paper ballot and then there was the little machine that reads it.
 

Did you see any voter challenges?

No issues. I mentioned the one woman and her problem above.
 

If you voted absentee, how did that work out?

Nope. My little sister voted early in Oregon. She said it was good.
 

Anything else you want to add?

n/a

Thanks for the report, Rich!