Election 2008 in Owingsville, KY

The historical election of 2008 brought out a huge number of voters of all ages, in the small, prohibition town of Owingsville, Ky. Owingsville is located in Eastern Kentucky and is the county seat of Bath County. It had a total population of only 1,488 in the 2000 census.

While trying to cast my vote midday today, I observed a slight amount of confusion at the polls, which were held at the Bath County Middle School on Main Street. Thankfully, this voting difficulty was very minor. A number of people, including myself, were unsure about which district we were registered to vote in. There were three districts set up on the first floor of the school. And to find out which district we belonged in, the only way to do so was wait in line, (except for once, when I cut, sorry,) and ask the poll worker, also known as registrar of voters, personally, to see if our names were listed in their registry books. If not, then we faced the challenge of standing in the two other long lines leading up to the voteing polls. Of course, I was registered in district three, the last district in which I ventured to ask. Fortunately, here in Owingsville, there was only an average wait of around 50 minutes after finding our correct booth in which we were registered.

A notable fact worth mentioning is that this was my very first presidential election that I actually took part in. Being 29 years old, I have been registered now for 11 years and have not exercised this incredible right until today. I just never felt so compelled to vote before as I do now. With our economy in such bad standings and with our war on terrorism running long, I felt as though this year I could make my voice heard. Hopefully the decision we all made today, whether we voted red or blue, will bring forth change in which our nation truly deserves.

Once I did make it to the correct polling booth, there were only two voting machines available for use. Even in a small town such as this one, I expected there to be at least three to five. On the plus side, there were approximately three very friendly poll workers available to show us how each machine worked, if we were unfamiliar with them. I chose to use the older, dial type of voting machine because no-one seemed to want to try it. Hence, making my wait even shorter. And that my fellow voters, is how the election of 2008 looked from my neck of the woods, here in Owingsville, KY.

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