We showed up at 6:15 this morning to our polling location in central Kansas City, Missouri. There were about 150 people in line. The line didn’t move for 15 minutes before a girl when a green shirt with the Obama logo in white that said “voting rights advocate” told us that the election representatives inside had the wrong books - the ones without our names in them. She told us that as long as we had our voter ID#s we would be able to vote. As soon as she said that people were sharing their phones and blackberries to either call the election board or get on their website. Soon as we got organized, the line started moving. It took almost two hours to vote, but I was thrilled when we finally got in and I got to darken the circle next to Obama’s name.

Oh and PS - our voting location is at a senior citizen “community”, but 95% of the people in line looked to be under 30.

Thanks!

April Fleming
Kansas City, Missouri

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