Lines out of the Parking Lot

Everyone always marvels at the sight of long lines to vote in newly democratic nations. Well this year we have a wealthy yuppie version of that here in Johnson County.

I live near the Johnson County Election office, one of only a few places you can vote early in the county. During the primary election I didn't really notice a lot of additional traffic there until the last couple of days. A couple of weeks ago I noticed more and more people coming and then about a week ago I noticed that their front parking lot, and large side parking lot were full, almost all day. For the past three days there have been lines of cars flowing back to the street, and yesterday there was a line down the street for about half a block waiting to even get into the parking lot. Lines to vote in Johnson County, wow! I have never had to wait behind more than one person since I started voting in 1996.

That is a lot of interest in early voting, I don't know if that will result in a high overall voter turnout, or if people will just vote early as a substitute for voting on election day, but it is definitely a sign that a lot of people are ready to be done with this election.

Timothy Burger