So this morning, I woke up bright and early and strolled over to my polling place, Clara Barton High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
I got there around 8:30, and already there were about 50 people in each of the 3 district’s lines. I have lived in this neighborhood for 3 1/2 years and never have waited in a line to vote. Ever.
It was the MOST organized I’d ever seen my polling place– they had a system down of checking everyone’s names while they were in line, then signing the book, then getting into another line to actually vote. Great job, guys!
There were loads of people there who’d obviously never voted before, and the excitement in this overwhelmingly African-American neighborhood was palpable. People were taking photos of each other in front of the polling booths, and everyone was thrilled to see so many of their neighbors out making history.
By the time I voted, each of the three lines were going all the way out of the Auditorium.
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I commented on another site how much better organized Staten Island was vs my past experiences in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Maybe BOE finally has its act together because my experience was very similar in terms of the system of checking names and voting as quickly as possible. There were lines in a very small district at 6:05 AM but they were very prepared.
I think everyone really did their homework this year and tried very hard to be prepared for the onslaught of voters!
A woman in my building had accidentally waited in the wrong line, and when she finally made it to the front, they were super nice to her and brought her straight to the front of the correct line. Everyone really seemed to be putting forth a lot of effort to make it as smooth an experience as possible.