http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_kansas_city_1 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... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:29:38 -0800 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:54:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I'm in Springfield, MO and a Obama volunteer just came by to remind me to vote. She also let me know that people have been getting text messages telling people if lines are to long to come back tomorrow.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_kansas_city_1#c1193236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_kansas_city_1#c1193236 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:25:26 -0800 The "wrong books?" I call shenanigans. Oh, and Patrick? If you're not lying again, tell your friend to call the police.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_kansas_city_1#c1193457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_kansas_city_1#c1193457 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:54:25 -0800