A 19 year old's experience chronicled on his BlackBerry.

Well I am in town for a few days on fall break. Since I will be away at school on November 4th, I have decided to vote early at my local library. The Clemmons Branch Library opened at 10am and I arrived at 10:54am. The was already a line wrapping around outside and there was almost no where to park. I ended up parallel parking in the grass and made my way to the end of the line.

Its freezing cold and I begin to wonder why the elections are held in a warmer season like Spring. I decided that its to deter people from voting (CONSPIRACY!! lol)
I've been waiting in line for 30 minutes and pass the time reading emails and messaging friends. After what seems like forever and a half, I finally make it indoors. I am still at least a 15 minute wait from the voting area but at least I'm warm.

At this point I am contemplating turning around and going home. This just isn't worth it at all. I convince myself that I didn't want this long just to quit so I trudge along in line.
As I entered the voting area I was instructed to put my BlackBerry away and proceeded to one of the volunteers(I'm guessing they were volunteers) with the Dell notebooks. I gave my name and drivers license and they handed me a voting form. I then waited in another shorter line to use one of the five voting machines.

I then proceeded to one of the most archaic touch screen devices I had ever seen. The screen didn't properly register gestures and the screen sometimes had to be pushed two or three times. I voted Obama-Biden and then voted democratic for the remaining elections.

I left with a sticker in my hand and satisfaction in my heart. My vote may not matter in the actual election but I sure felt like I did something. In all seriousness, the system seems flawed and we need online voting ASAP. The current system could be a lot more efficient. I think the hassle of voting is what keeps many people from not voting. Just look at the numbers from American Idol or America's Best Dance Crew, convenient voting = more votes.
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