Voting seemed brisk for the early hour (not a brisk as 2004, but moreso than any other time) in Brooklyn. Main presence outside were WFP and Greens with one friend representing the local Dem club. The poll workers were the usual slow, somewhat confused people, but basically competent. During the primary it was the end of the day at closing time when they were tired that there were some counting problems.

There were two young, very polite and eager "Election Protecetion" people who introduced themselves to everyone and wore spiffy, new "Election Protection" T-shirts. They told everyone coming in that if there were problems, come to them.

The only problem I saw was someone handing out flyers for an independent candidate for Congress (Ollie McClean) refused to stay outside the legal perimeter, trying repeatedly to hand out flyers right at the entrance. Everyone else was at the corners of the street. I saw people telling him what the law was and he was refusing to comply. So the person handing out Dem flyers went inside to complain. I considered staying to observe, but my experiments called. I am finishing up early as I can at work and heading off to campaign for Steve Harrison in Bay Ridge.