Election Results 2016

[greysfang]

It's finally going to be over folks. TBH IDGAF who wins, I hate them both and either will be a fucking disaster for this country. I'd be really excited if Bernie took a state or two so I can watch Hill and Dump squirm.

Florida, please don't fuck shit up again. Please.

[Fly_On_TheWall]

Sending good vibes from Canada. Bitchslap that Trump!

[Neptunia]

I live in New Jersey so it's pretty uneventful here but going into Philly it's nuts. I don't think I'd want to live in a swing state, it must be annoying for months on end.

I voted for Hillary in September but I wish I had one of those "I voted" stickers. It's only 11am but people keep asking me if I've voted and then start campaigning for their candidates (even down the ticket) I should just print one up on the computer so people will leave me alone. It's been a long campaign, I did my duty and voted, I don't want to talk politics anymore!

[greysfang]

Our "I Voted" stickers came in the mail with our ballots. I saved mine for today so I can go out for lunch without being harassed by campaigners.

[gas_chick]

I'm just hoping that we don't have to wait all night for results or even wake up in the morning to deal with the 2000 election all over again.

[greysfang]

Unfortunately, I don't think there will be a landslide either way. I'm just hoping we're not waiting 2-3 months to count Florida's vote correctly.

[travelbug]

Last night I had a bad dream. My husband was in the military and he went out to fight every day and came home every night. He would tell me that his job was to lay in wait hiding in the treeline beside the road and shoot anyone who walked by that wasn't white. He was being forced to do this. I was crying all through the dream. When we went to bed at night, there would be the sound of bombs going off in the distance all night.

Must be what it's like for some families in the Middle East. I'm worried about what happens if Trump wins, and even if he doesn't. The toothpaste isn't going back into the tube.

I'm in a networking group with some really nice women, and have been surprised when they friend me on FB to find out that they are enthusiastic Trump supporters. It's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of someone who would support him after all of the horrible things he's said and done.

[BBDSP]

Results are already in from Dixville Notch, Vermont

Hillary 4, Trump 2, 1 for Johnson, and 1 write-in for Mitt.

[Neptunia]

I LOVED this story, given the historic nature of this election, it's just fantastic.


People are covering Susan B. Anthony's grave stone with 'I Voted' stickers

Steve Orr, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle12:07 p.m. EST November 8, 2016
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Important sites around Rochester are connected to Susan B. Anthony, who fought for the right for women to vote. Tina MacIntyre-Yee




ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Early Tuesday morning, dozens gathered around Susan B. Anthony's modest headstone in Rochester's historic Mount Hope Cemetery.
One by one, they stepped forward to place their "I Voted Today" stickers on Anthony's time-worn headstone — partaking of an Election Day tradition that has gained new meaning with the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, the former senator from New York, who could become America's first female president before the day ends.
"I'm voting for the first woman president. As a woman, I can vote because of the sacrifices she made," said Gillian Paris of Brighton, who affixed her sticker to Anthony's marker about 7 a.m., shortly after sunrise. It was her first visit to Anthony's grave which made the occasion "a little more special."
Jillian Paris places an "I Voted" sticker on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony on Nov. 8. (Photo: Max Schulte, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle)


By 9 a.m., perhaps 300 people, a large majority of them women and girls, had made the pilgrimage to the 196-acre Victorian cemetery, and a long line of voters waited their turn to approach her stone.
The morning air was crisp and clear, and the Anthony family plot, atop one of Mount Hope's hills, was framed by stately trees with their autumn foliage brilliant in the morning sun.
Nearly everyone who honored Anthony had friends, or strangers, take their pictures in front of the head stone — which was almost entirely covered in "I Voted" stickers, with only her name visible. Many people smiled and laughed in delight at the occasion.
Others wept.
►Live Video from Susan B. Anthony gravesite

"I never cried when I filled out my ballot before. But I realized my daughters — and I have three of them — have the right to vote for a woman. It made my cry," said Jodi Atkin of Irondequoit, who trekked to the grave site with daughter Jessie. Both were clad in white, which many women chose to wear on Tuesday to honor those who, like Anthony, helped secure their right to vote.
"It's crazy because the first time I came to Susan B. Anthony's grave was on a fourth-grade field trip," said Jessie Atkin. Years later, as a graduate student in Washington, D.C., she taught about Anthony in a class on protest writing.
"To come full circle and be able to come back here after having learned about her and taught about her, to be able to participate here, was really cool," added Jessie, who now lives in Rochester.
The Election Day tradition of placing 'I Voted' stickers on Susan B. Anthony's grave stone has new meaning this year. (Photo: Max Schulte, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle)


Patricia Corcoran, a volunteer from Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery who was at the grave site before dawn to greet people, said the scene was touching and uplifting. She was struck by the fact that so many young people accompanied their parents to the cemetery.
"You can see it was important for people to bring their children," she said.
Nora Rubel, who is director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute at the nearby University of Rochester, was one of many visitors who wanted to share the experience with their children.
"I have two daughters. We went to the polls together and we wanted to come here together and put our stickers on the grave," Rubel said. It's an historic time to choose to come. It's an amazing moment."

[witchcurlgirl]

They expect such a large turnout at the cemetery for Susan B. that it's staying open late tonight. While you're they say hello to Frederick Douglass, who is also buried there.

[greysfang]

I'm more interested in which states are going to legalize marijuana today. There are 5 with recreational on the ballot and like 2-3 with medical marijuana on theirs.

[SHELLEE]

Our "I Voted" stickers came in the mail with our ballots. I saved mine for today so I can go out for lunch without being harassed by campaigners.

I do that every race.

[MohandasKGanja]

They expect such a large turnout at the cemetery for Susan B. that it's staying open late tonight. While you're they say hello to Frederick Douglass, who is also buried there.

So is Seth Green. I didn't even know he was sick....

[joebob]

I'm voting for an asteroid strike at about 6pm.

[greysfang]

I do that every race.

Wear that pussy sticker proudly!