THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7 P.M.

What are you seeing out there?

UPDATE:  I am really sick today so I haven't had a chance to hear much of what's going on- but based on the emails I am getting, Barack Obama is winning Virginia in an epic blowout.

UPDATE #2-  Virginia Run, one of the most Republican precincts in Fairfax County has had 230 Democrats and 130 Republicans so far.  WTF?  Poll workers there just called me and said some Republicans have admitted being told to take the Democratic ballot and vote for the weaker candidate.  Who is that to the GOP?

UPDATE #3- ARLINGTON COUNTY SHAME. Cars being towed outside polling places after they failed to have enough voting machines and had an hour long wait to vote.

UPDATE #4- I just heard from Ingrid Morroy, Commissioner of Revenue in Arlington.  She looked into the third update very seriously as Arlington County was not towing today because of the primary.  She reports that the car was towed by a private company because it was in a "customer only" space, not by the county.  Thanks to Ingrid for taking voter rights so seriously and making sure that Arlington County was not involved in anything that could discourage the vote!

Comments

[Interested Observer]

POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD BY HILLARY CAMPAIGN!!!! DEVELOPING!!! MORE AS I INVESTIGATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY!

[PWConservative]

Heavy African American turnout for democrats in Nokesville precinct, A lot of Huckabee voters as well

[Bwana]

Kind of Light this AM at Burke Commons. I was #28 on the GOP side, with the Dems seeming to be around 70, but that was from a passing glance...they were not calling out the voter number as they have in past years.

[Kevin]

Twenty standing in line at Oak Mar Precinct in Fairfax at 6:45 a.m.

In line right now at Dutch Gap precinct in Chesterfield County. About 50 people in line ... 30 to 45 minute wait because the poll officials claim they are understaffed and can only let one or two folks vote at a time, even though there nine voting booths.

[Church Hill Dem]

My poll workers appeared to be illiterate, which I guess may be fitting given my Church Hill precinct.

Each voter had to wait about five minutes for the two poll workers to find a name and home address before they would give a voter a ticket to vote.

[woman of choice]

I was 64th in L-Z line for a Democrat ballot at Fountainhead. Turnout was good. The workers were friendly and very competent.

Unless you've worked a poll before, you need to give these people a break.

[John]

Most precincts in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area are showing 3-1 voting in the Democratic primary over the GOP primary. The Dem majority figures, given the local demographic and the more competitive Dem race, but I thought it might be closer to 2-1.

[Carrington]

Voting took 20 minutes at 6am this morning at Mary Mumford in Richmond's near west end--disorganization as poll workers tried to check names in both sets of books. 10-1 dems to R's voting.

[Carrington]

Note that I'm certain that the 10-1 evened out as the morning progressed. Just demonstrated early enthusiasm in a reasonably republican district.

[Chris Dumler]

Great turnout in Charlottesville/Albemarle - no hard numbers, but anecdotal evidence would seem to confirm that Dem turnout is 2 to 3 times higher than GOP turnout. Both Hillary and Obama have signs out - however, Obama has visibility tables at every precinct I've been to (12 so far), whereas Hillary has none.

[phriendlyjaime]

My poll workers appeared to be illiterate, which I guess may be fitting given my Church Hill precinct.

Each voter had to wait about five minutes for the two poll workers to find a name and home address before they would give a voter a ticket to vote.

Posted by: Church Hill Dem | February 12, 2008 at 08:26 AM

Ugh, this is why I am going after work. Church Hill is stuck in a time warp. Ever gone to The Market on a Sunday afternoon? Good luck.

[Pete in Williamsburg]

Very quiet when I voted at 8:00am. About 100 had voted before me. No poll workers for either side.

Woman of Choice, thanks for voting. By the way, it's a Democratic ballot, not a Democrat ballot. Also, cool NLS handle.

[Matt]

I was number 179 in the Fairlington Precinct, about 30 people behind me. Absolutly no Republicans.

[Matt]

FYI, that was about 7:30am

[Church Hill Dem]

phriendlyjaime,

I'd sooner pick from the dumpster of the Hill Cafe than shop at the Market. For chrissakes, you better pack a lunch before you get in line.

[11th Voter]

At silverbrook at 7:40 , I was the 100th voter in the L-Z line for the Dem. primary. A-K looked like it had had about 95-96 Dem primary voters. Quick glance at the Republican tally sheet for L-Z showed about 40 voters through.

[notgretchenbulova]

Berkeley Precinct in Williamsburg at 156 at 9:20.

367 people voted in Democratic primary in 2004

[Ricky]

I was number 80 at 8:30 a.m. at a small but heavy Democratic precinct in Norfolk. Only 44 people voted there in the 2006 Webb v. Miller primary, so seems to be heavier interest.

Virginia Beach will be key. Hillary continues to claim that she has strong Military support, which baffles me because retired & active duty military that I know are not supporting her. (The Veterans for Hillary rally scheduled for yesterday in Norfolk was canceled. Plus, Obama is getting more financial support from active duty personnel.)

Still, VB could be telling. Although it usually goes Republican, it has a strong Democratic demographic, but relatively few blacks.

[Jamie Gregorian]

In exit polls of the Gregorian household, Barack Obama held a commanding 2-0 lead. Lines at the mailbox for sending in an absentee ballot were light.

[Doug in Mount Vernon]

Turnout in the precinct of Woodlawn in the Mount Vernon District is astoundingly high. We've already surpassed the number of voters in the 2004 primary, the general election last year, and we appear to be on pace to match federal year turnout in a non-Presidential (about 1200). In a primary!!

That's excellent news since the turnout is VERY heavy for Obama. I think I've had one person tell me they're supporting Hillary compared to about 60 for Obama, but one thing is also true--everyone LOVES both our candidates.

[Doug in Mount Vernon]

At 10 AM, the turnout was over 400 and the lines have never disappeared. Lots of people leaving saying they'll come back later in the day or evening--kinda worries me!

[Tatum]

At 7:45 AM there were about 25 people in line at Mechanicsville's Cold Harbor Poll. Probably 20% were African Americans, a high percentage for the neighborhood. No one under the age of 30.

My guess is there were a lot of crossover Republicans. I couldn't guess whether they were anti-Clinton Republican or Ann Coulter desciples. Anybody's guess.

[Doug in Mount Vernon]

Oh yeah, the other interesting thing is that the turnout in Woodlawn is 9-1 Democratic...

[Scott Surovell]

Very heavy Democratic turnout all across Fairfax County.