Vote Monitor 2008

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(District of Columbia) Voting Reports

Summary

5 reports

  • 3 reports about No Voting Issue
  • 1 reports about Other
  • 1 reports about Identification Issue

All User Reports

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Statewide User Vote Reports

Voting in District of Columbia

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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