There's all this build up, they wanted people there early in case something happened to prevent the polls from opening, or in case some right wing nut jobs showed up.
Everyone stood around in the sunshine chatting about a whole lot of not very much. There were a lot of people, the politicians came out, we saw lots of people driving up and down to get into the area to vote. They opened the polls 10 minutes early (some folks had to go to work!)
I was the first foreigner to vote, which kinda freaked them out, but it was all good.
I VOTED!
I have not voted in I don't know how long, I want to say a decade. We tried in the Bahamas, I've tried here, never ever ever with success.
This time, yes.
And this is a pretty historic vote.
I haven't done the research on it, but it cannot have happened very often that the people of a country get out, organise a vote and go and vote. No politicians or governments involved.
This has to be the purest form of democracy. The people (literally) went out and voted.
They are counting it a victory simply that they got polls open. The turn out looks like it's going to be HUGE; there are lines down the street to get in, and that in and of itself is a victory.
Lets see how this all shapes up.
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