After getting off work, I had a decision to make. Jamba Juice and go home... or early vote? Because parking was unavailable near the Jamba Juice, I ventured to the early voting location at South Congress and Oltorf and found this line:
This is pretty much the scene across Travis County. After 12 days of early voting, 115,316 ballots were cast, including mail-in ballots. That's 20.75% of Travis County's registered voters, meaning one-in-five registered voters has already stood in one of these lines.
After I took some pictures, I took my place at the end of the line and by my count, I was the 113th person in line. It was just after 6pm Friday. Polls closed for early voting at 7pm, but it didn't stop the dozens of people who lined-up behind me. People passed the time by making friends with the people near them in line, reading books or talking on their cell phones. I didn't see anyone give up and leave.
Since I had a little extra time on my hands, and I'm never without my trusty red camera, I made you a little video so you could feel like you were really there.
