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Voting Experiences - Election 2008

Hillsborough, FL • Voting Experiences

Did you vote? TBO.com wants to know about your experience. Let us know where and when you voted, how long you waited and anything else you observed about the process.

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Nov. 4, 2008

Many voters who had received absentee ballots but not returned them and didn't bring them to the polls, those who ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 11:02 p.m..
I was EXTREMELY disappointed that there was anywhere from 5 to 15 children under the age of 5 running around ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 6:59 p.m..
Just back from dropping off my ballot at Faulkenberg office. No wait at all YAY!

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 5:16 p.m..
Stone Age Voting System thanks to Buddy Johnson! The paper ballot was ubsurd because a few cry babies can't deal ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 4:53 p.m..
Got in line at 8:40 am was done and in my car before 9:00am.Took my girlfriend to vote at 2:45 ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 4:49 p.m..
Pct 526 (NW Hillsborough), voted around 7:15am This location only had one optical scanner and it did not work! We ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 2:55 p.m..
PRECINCT 965 - I went to vote this morning shortly after 8 AM. I signed in, received my ballot and ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 1:06 p.m..
Kelsey Duncan says that while jogging in July, she came across a voter registration table manned by Barack Obama supporters ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 12:45 p.m..
When I presented my drivers license to the check in person this morning I was informed that I could NOT ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 12:37 p.m..
I arrived at the Centro Christiano Hispano church at 7 a.m. and was done at 8:15 a.m.; the line progressed ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 10:37 a.m..
We voted the 2nd Tuesday of the first day allowed to early vote and we only had a wait of ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 10:11 a.m..
We voted the 2nd Tuesday of the first day allowed to early vote and we only had a wait of ...

Posted Nov. 4, 2008 10:11 a.m..

Nov. 2, 2008

We had a two hour wait that took us well past 7pm at the Falkenburg site. The staff was - ...

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 11:14 p.m..
My husband and I went to the Jimmie Keel Library and we waited about an hour. It really did not ...

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 9:16 p.m..
We voted yesterday at the library on Bearss (not sure what it's called). We waited in line for 4 hours, ...

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 5:45 p.m..
I went to the Bloomingdale Regional Library and waited in line for 3 hrs! yeah it was crazy long but ...

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 4:30 p.m..
I voted via absentee ballot... I suppose that I'm a racist because I didn't vote for the messiah Obama.... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 2:26 a.m..
I voted at County Center on Saturday, October 25, at County Center in downtown Tampa. It was pretty easy... I ...

Posted Nov. 2, 2008 1:54 a.m..

Nov. 1, 2008

Needless to say, the line was LONG, but getting it done was wonderful. I voted for me, for my family, ...

Posted Nov. 1, 2008 10:51 p.m..
I voted absentee ballot last week to avoid all the crowds. Wonder why others did not think about this???

Posted Nov. 1, 2008 9:02 p.m..
I had an absentee ballot, but decided to go wait 3 hours to vote after I got a voice mail ...

Posted Nov. 1, 2008 8:36 p.m..
I too voted at the library on Bullard. The people in the line made the experience much better than it ...

Posted Nov. 1, 2008 12:59 p.m..

Oct. 31, 2008

I have voted absentee in the past few elections because of extensive business travel but tried to early vote this ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 9:48 p.m..
I voted day before yesterday at the Riverview Branch Library. Stood in line about an hour and a half. I've ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 3:29 p.m..
I got in line at the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Library before 6:30 am Thursday. I was the second person ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 1:29 p.m..
I got in line at the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Library before 6:30 am Thursday. I was the second person ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 1:28 p.m..
I waited on line for 90 minutes this last Tuesday at the McKeel Library in north Tampa. There was limited ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 9:55 a.m..
My sister and I voted Wednesday Oct. 29 at the Southshore Library located on 19th St. in Ruskin. The wait ...

Posted Oct. 31, 2008 9:21 a.m..

Oct. 30, 2008

Voted today at the New Tampa Regional Library. Waited over an hour. Had to laugh when a lady walked by ...

Posted Oct. 30, 2008 8:30 p.m..
I voted today at Jan K. Platt Library in South Tampa. I arrived at 11 a.m. and left at 12 ...

Posted Oct. 30, 2008 7:22 p.m..
We voted at the library on Countryway last week Friday. Waited in line 1 1/2 hours. Parking could have been ...

Posted Oct. 30, 2008 6:50 p.m..
I voted at the Library on Bullard, in Temple Terrace. A couple behind me made the "expierience" a bit irritating ...

Posted Oct. 30, 2008 2:56 a.m..

Oct. 29, 2008

My husband and I both voted Absentee Ballot. It was easy and less time consuming than the long lines during ...

Posted Oct. 29, 2008 9:34 p.m..
Before I voted I asked myself these questions then did absentee ballot with ease. 1. Should I vote with a ...

Posted Oct. 29, 2008 7:52 p.m..
I voted on Friday, 10.24 at 9:30am at the Buddy Johnson Election Office on Faulkenburg Rd. The wait was 1 ...

Posted Oct. 29, 2008 3:57 p.m..

Oct. 28, 2008

I drove from Carrollwood in north Tampa down town to the county building and waited only 30 min. to vote. ...

Posted Oct. 28, 2008 9:44 p.m..
Both my daughter and I did the mail-in ballot. We found it an efficient way to cast our vote. I ...

Posted Oct. 28, 2008 7:01 p.m..
I never thought in my life time or the in life time of my grandchildren would I be this close ...

Posted Oct. 28, 2008 5:53 p.m..
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/19/na-qa-for-election-day/ - Frequently Asked Questions For Election Day Election Day on Nov. 4 is less than three weeks away, and ...

Posted Oct. 28, 2008 3:04 p.m..

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