(Check back throughout the day as I will be adding their quotes all day, including my own! To add YOUR voting experience, email me or leave a comment below.)

DID YOU VOTE? WHAT WAS YOUR VOTING EXPERIENCE LIKE?

“I most certainly did vote! I vote early through the mail so there is no standing in long lines for me!” - K. Sorrel, Scottsdale, AZ

“I voted. Woo hoo!” – K. Williams, Los Angeles, CA

“I wouldn’t miss voting for all the jelly in the jar! My polling experience? Homegrown and bitter sweet, seeing African Americans be the majority of poll assistants seeing and feeling their sincerity with fear and welcome. Sharing truly is what its all about.” - Venessia, Los Angeles, CA

“I officially voted! Obama!! Wooo! AND we had those optical scan machines that use a pen and paper and then they run it through a machine and it’s super accurate.” – Marcus, Phoenix, AZ

“To be honest, this is my first time voting. I voted for Obama (though I’m rather hesitant to share it considering the amount of hatred I’ve had thrown at me from McCain supporters). It was my first time and I was rather nervous. I had to have one of my best friends tell me how it worked step by step because I had only registered to vote for the first time this year. It was an exciting even though nervous experience. I live in New Jersey. Since most of the state is Obama supporters I haven’t been met with much hatred from the other parties support except only on the internet. I’ve gotten much verbal abuse from expressing my opinion on MySpace.” – Vannie Lee, New Jersey

“I just voted!” - Mike (Supergetz) @11:51 AM PST

“Yes ma’am… I did vote today. I live in southwest Texas… Quemado. Polls were set up in the Town Hall and everything was very cordial… this is a very small town so picture Mayberry on election day… snacks, cold drinks and hot gossip were served after voting. LOL” – J. Mahalo, Quernado, TX

“There was no line at all at my polling place. I was in and out in no time!” - N. Mba, Los Angeles, CA

“I voted early. At home in Phoenix, Arizona. No waiting!” – E. Sweet, Phoenix, AZ

“Yes, I always vote absentee.” - Tracy, Seattle, WA

“Yes, I voted. I went at 10 AM Central Time, hoping to avoid standing in a long line. The parking lot was almost full and there were a LOT of people there voting. My polling place takes up the entire gymnasium at the community center. When I walked in, the table for “A to Ci” only had three people in line. Within 3 or 4 minutes, I had my ballet. I spent a short time marking it and put it into the machine. It was a pleasant experience and I didn’t notice any other people having problems either. It was a nice cultural mix of people voting and there were a lot of clusters of friends out in the lobby and outside the building that were having short pleasant chats after voting. Our Ballets are a thick sheet of paper. Each person you can vote for has both ends of an arrow beside it and you use the black ink pen provided to fill in the middle of the arrow pointing to who you want to vote for. The arrows are BIG. Amendments have an arrow pointing to YES and NO. It was very simple and there was plenty of space between the candidates so it would be hard to make a mistake. You get a privacy folder and, even with the crowd, I had no trouble finding a table to sit alone at while filling out my ballot. Then you feed it into a machine and get your “I Voted” sticker and leave. I did show my drivers license to vote, but they will take a LOT of other things as ID. See http://www.alabamavotes.gov/VoterID.aspx?m=voters for a list. You can find a lot of voter info at http://www.alabamavotes.gov/ including sample ballots for each county. Note that the sample ballots are pdf files and even when viewed at 100% they didn’t look nearly as clear as the actual ballot did. The Cherokee County population for 2008 is 25,221. You can find the demographics by going to http://www.cherokee-chamber.org/Content/economics.html and clicking the Demographics button. Sorry for the long answer but it sounded like you wanted details.” – D. Ball, Centre, Alabama (Cherokee County, near the northeast corner of Alabama)

“I am a resident of Dover NH. I am disabledwoman alone at 54 years of age. My State is doing absolutely nothing to help me. I use cane and traveled alone to polls. I waited cause i want change , Go Obama…” - C. Morrissette, Dover, NH

“Not yet, but hopefully I get out of work early and do it.” – T. Whitfield, Los Angeles, CA

“Well, I was in line for like about hour and 10 minutes surrounded by the many McCain supporters that infest my city (no offense to McCain supporters lol). Some people had a disagreement in the line, and the funny thing is that they were both McCain supporters. I saw a few things that pissed me off, like this lady wearing a shirt that said something like “Do you want the same thing that happened in Cuba in 1959 to happen here?…Be careful what you wish for.” and the fact that this McCain supporter told an older McCain supporter “Thanks for saving Obama’s life” I’m gussing that was a reference to Obama getting killed during his presidency? Freakin outlandish! and there is no way that what happened in Cuba can happen here! Well anyways…I went inside, got my ballot (DAMN IT WAS LONG!) and VOTED! It felt great! I was so proud to walk out of there with my “I Voted Today” sticker. I still haven’t gone to get free starbucks coffee… I guess i’ll do that now! I just have two more things to say…It’s gonna be a long night….OBAMA 08!” - Danny, Miami, FL

“I voted via early mail in ballot. I was appalled to see that my son’s school was a polling site … all those people with all those children running around … they used to have it across the street at the assisted living facility and the residents loved all the people coming in. Why did they change it??? There was NOWHERE to park for dropping off your kids and odds are the same issue will happen at pickup today. Sheesh!” - R. Atredies, Scottsdale, AZ

“I assumed my human anolog shape,and departed to vote. At 4:45PM EST,there was no line,though there were a few people in the secrecy booths exercising their rights. It took less than 3 minutes to mark my ballot. And to my chagrin,there weere a few unopposed candidates. There was a slot for school committee,and i wrote in my name there. Then I went to McDonalds to really get a load of junk in me for my trunk. I scored there,the minimum wage server, accidentally gave me fries. I had only ordered McNuggets and a small chocolate shake.” - Blargal

“I went with my dad. 5:15 AM! We were #6 & #7 in line.” – I. Bilsens, Scottsdale, AZ

“I voted and took (my daughter). She was great and wanted me to vote for Snow White! When we left they gave us “I Voted” stickers for myself, (my daughter), and her babydoll. She has been talking about voting all day. Never to early to get them started.” - L. Leeman, Phoenix, AZ

“I wasn’t sure if I was going to vote at first. I actually never have before. I moved away from my old hometown years ago, so my polling place was about 150 miles away. But I decided to do something crazy this time and I drove back to my old hometown the night before the election, stayed at my family’s place, woke up at 7am to vote. I went with my Dad and my aunt and we waited for two hours in the rain to cast our ballots. Then I had to drive back to my new home and go right to work.” – Reg

“A one hour wait from 6:00 am to 7:00 am watching the sun rise in Scottsdale, Arizona. Not a bad place to be. I am glued to the TV now and cannot wait to see history unfold!” – L. Cole, Scottsdale, AZ

“We walked down to vote after lunch, figuring there would be a lunch crowd, but the pollworkers said no rush at lunch, but from the poll opening at 7 a.m., I think, for four hours after there was a continual line at some points stretching down the street. The poll workers had that happy busy buzz, one of them congratulated the guy next to me on being old enough to vote in his first election and then another said “democratic” when he asked which party Obama was. While I was waiting for Gayle to finish voting, the state representative was outside telling the Obama election monitor about how no one ever mentions or knows his middle name, a car pulled up and a young intent woman rushed inside to vote. Then I walked back home and added the I voted sticker to the door, drove to Philadelphia to see my brother and nieces and nephews. Had a talk about politics with my 11 year old nephew when he Said “I voted for Obama, who did you vote for?” I said Obama. He said “I want to see a black man for president”. Eleven year old can be impressively serious. Then on the drive home, we searched the am stations for news and found a Cleveland station that was saying nothing conclusive. Watching election coverage on the news, one of the big stories was a polling station one township over that still had a line at 10. People would come by 2 or 3 times, see the line and come back later. At 7:30, there were more than 350 I believe and the last one voted at about 10:20. Numbers here in Pennsylvania for participation are 70% and I am so proud of that. People haven’t taken the rights, privileges and duties of democracy seriously enough. That’s needed to change and it has. I hope it’s the first of many changes for the better.” – Lonelypond, Pennsylvania, PA

“Hey Lisa… I voted shortly after I passed you and Michael B. on my way to the parking garage (yes, shortly after you both laughed when I came into view, as if I was on cue to provide a visual reference for something you had both been talking about… still not sure what that was all about…but not worried about it. ha ha). Sorry, is it weird that someone you see in person 5 days a week is leaving a comment? Anyways, to the question at hand: My polling place was a Ford Dealership in the Korea Town area – which is in Los Angeles for those out of state. It wasn’t crowded at all when I got there ~2 and the process was quick and painless. There was voter material in Spanish, Korean, and Tagalog… but everyone I saw seemed to be at least quasi-fluent in English. Now, after watching Obama’s acceptance speech, I feel hopeful that our country can find ways to face these huge challenges together (cue the inspirational music). Love the website, Lisa! Hasta luego.” – Jaxelwood, Los Angeles, CA