Open Thread: Election Day 2012

Yo, America! Democracy is in action today, as we all head to the polls to cast our votes on Election Day.
Since freedom is the order of the day, I’m not trying to steer this blog ship too much. Feel free to talk about whatever you want in the comments — describe your voting experience, share cool links, talk about what issues you’re passionate about. It’s totally up to you.
To get us started, here are a number of resources from The Bee and the web, everything from how to find your polling place to profiles of candidates to recommendations from The Bee’s opinion pages. So if you still need to get informed, there’s plenty to read below. Happy bubble filling!
- Here’s The Bee’s election central page.
- Read up on the state ballot measures and the local candidates.
- Recommendations from The Bee’s editorial board.
- Join The Bee’s Bill McEwen and Jim Boren for a live web chat starting at 6 p.m.
- Voter information guide from the State of California.
- Create your own Electoral College map.
- From today’s Bee: Early voting points toward big turnout.
- Find your polling place.
- Be a Poll Watcher. Tell The Bee about your voting experience.
- Starline Grill hosts an election night party. Watch results and win prizes if you can predict the right Electoral College count.
- An archive of political stories from The Bee.
Responses to "Open Thread: Election Day 2012"
Here’s a video that might be going viral soon: A voting machine in PA changing votes
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/12q6wu/2012_voting_machine_altering_votes
Bubbles FTW!
I would just say, please vote for Prop.30. Public Education is operating on a skeleton crew at all levels. It needs funding. Please find it in your heart to vote ‘yes’ on this one.
(I’d mention Measure B as well, but *everyone* is voting ‘yes’ on this one, right?)
Dumb Facebook posts: http://www.happyplace.com/18176/examples-of-political-idiocy-on-facebook-that-proves-were-all-doomed
Kony wasn’t even on the ballot in my area. All that early campaigning for nothing!