4 2 <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/3002706015_7aecccd77f.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /><br />Voting in my neighborhood of Manhattan is normally a ten minute affair.&nbsp; Drop in, find the correct district, chat with the poll clerks, close the curtain, weep for a moment, cast my ballot, and dash off to work.</p> <p>Today was completely different (except for the tears; I always cry when I vote).&nbsp; Four lines, one for each district at my poll site, wrapped around the block like a snake. You would have thought that people were waiting for a glimpse of Britney Spears.<br /><br />And the crowd was different.&nbsp; I used to see people who had time to vote.&nbsp; Today I saw people who made time to vote.</p> New York Carrie Bickner-Zeldman 35 2008-11-04T14:06:21-05:00 438 true 2008-11-04T14:06:40-05:00 2008-11-04T14:12:48-05:00