28 reports

• 23 reports about No Voting Issue
• 4 reports about Other
• 3 reports about Identification Issue

20009: Other

My experience: A polling official interrupted the process to introduce an elderly African-American woman voting for her first time at age 95. The room exploded into applause. Amazing and perhaps telling of this election. Read More »

20002: No Voting Issue

The poll workers were doing a great job and should be recognized. They were processing a lot a people in a reasonable amount of time given the turnout. Read More »

20016: No Voting Issue

Wonderful experience. As a naturalized citizen. This as always is a proud moment for me. I appreciate that the voting system is in spanish and english. It doesn't need to be, but it's nice to see that the spanish language is considered part of the US experience. Thank you to everyone! Read More »

20009: No Voting Issue

voted in less than 6 minutes Read More »

20009: No Voting Issue

voted in less than 6 minutes Read More »

20015: No Voting Issue

Started in line at 8:08 a.m. and was finished and out of the building by 8:16 - 8 minutes later. Polling place had lines but everything was well managed and moved swiftly. Read More »

20010: No Voting Issue

It was a breeze - very short line, plenty of poll workers helping out. Read More »

20009: Other

I had requested an absentee ballot. I sent an application form on the last day. I did not receive it in the mail by November 3rd. So, I voted by Special Ballot at Judiciary Square. I was told to return the unopened absentee ballot whenever it arrived. However, it still has not arrived on November 4th. I hope that my vote will count. Read More »

20015: No Voting Issue

Good sized crowd handled very efficiently. Especially nice was the apparent good spirits of all the voters in line. Read More »

20009: No Voting Issue

All was well in D.C. Precinct 14. It took me about 20 minutes from queuing up to scanning my ballot. I arrived at 8:15 a.m., though, and heard it was a mess only 45 minutes prior. Read More »

20036: Other

I enjoyed the privacy of a booth while filling out my paper ballot, but I felt a palpable (and disturbing) lack of privacy when actually CASTING my vote. Apparently, my paper ballot had to be scanned into a machine, face-side up, in the middle of a crowded room. The scanner processed my ballot slowly, with my votes in plain sight of volunteers and fellow voters. So much for privacy. Read More »

20003: Identification Issue

I voted at Hine Junior High School. I stated my name and was not asked for ID or my voter registration card. Any female who knows my name and for whom I'd vote (and most people do know for whom I'd vote) could 've voted using my name. Read More »

20007: No Voting Issue

It was a breeze. I voted at 11:45 and there were no lines. There were lots of poll workers; everyone was cheerful and smiling. I was in and out in about 10 minutes. Read More »

20016: No Voting Issue

There were about 2 other voters there at the same time so voting was a breeze. Process was smooth. Poll workers were great. However, I was very emotional. I imagine that this election was some of what MLK had a dream of. Read More »

20008: Identification Issue

I was never asked for my ID or any identifying questions. It appeared to be a pattern for everyone in line. Read More »

20003: No Voting Issue

No line! No wait! Very ease. Paper ballots, counted by machine. Read More »

20003: Other

Voted at Tyler School in SE. Arrived about 7:10, left about an hour later. Wife arrived with me, left within 10 minutes. Why? Because her last name starts with W, mine with B. Some genius decided to split us into four groups by splitting the alphabet into four equal groups, rather than splitting the actual voter rolls into four equal groups. M-S group was even more of a nightmare than my A-F group. T-Z had no one in line. Read More »

20018: No Voting Issue

3.5 hour line, but got it done! Read More »

20009: No Voting Issue

My voting experience was great. I was in line by 7:10 a.m. and had submitted my ballot by 8:10 a.m. The poll workers were very helpful, and everything went very smoothly. Read More »

20016: No Voting Issue

easy Read More »

20037: No Voting Issue

Fantastic. No line at all. Went at 9:30 a.m. because my kid got sick and I could not go when the polls opened. My husband went earlier (around 8 a.m.) but still only had to wait in line for about 40 minutes. Voter staff was great. Very helpful, friendly, and informative. All ran smoothly. Go D.C.! Read More »

20003: No Voting Issue

Crowded at first but the lines moved quickly. Poll workers were great. Standing in line with two friends and the whole process was so smooth and efficient we didnt have time to finish our chat! Read More »

20011: No Voting Issue

Arrived at 6:45, polls opened at 7:00, done voting at 7:40 Read More »

20019: No Voting Issue

I had no problems at all. The poll workers were very sensitive to the needs of seniors, handicapped persons. Read More »

20019: No Voting Issue

Things went very smoothly this morning. The poll workers had things moving fast enough that the line, while long, got neither longer nor shorter. There were more (and younger) poll workers than i'd ever seen before. There was a great community feeling among the voters in line, too. People in my precinct were definitely voting overwhelmingly for Obama, and there was a great sense of hope that history was going to be made today. May it be so! Read More »

20001: No Voting Issue

I arrived at 6AM, the doors opened at 7AM, I was out by 7:15AM. Couldn't ask for any better service. Read More »

20003: No Voting Issue

I got in line at 7:15 am and was out by 8:00 am. The line moved smoothly and there was a friendly atmospher while moving in the line. The first time in my life that I had to stand in line to vote, great experience. Read More »

20002: No Voting Issue

Arrived 30 minutes early- pools opened at 7 am. Already 80 persons in line. Voted by 730 am. I saw young and old voters in line while waiting and exiting. An obvious change from the last time we voted. Read More »

3 Electoral Votes

Polling Hours: 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

2008 Registered Voters: 426,761 as of 11/03 (D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics)

Change from 2004: +15%

Election Day Registration: No

Post-Election Manual Audits: No

ID Requirements: Required of all first-time voters who registered by mail without verifying ID

Provisional Voting: Eligible for verification if cast in correct precinct

Voting System: Optical scan and DRE

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