No air conditioning at my Old Northeast polling place, but that did not keep away the line of folks waiting to vote at 6:30 pm. It would have been nice if there had been fans to hand out. The poll workers said the crowd had been steady all day!

My wife and I voted early on last Saturday at the Lutz Public Library. There was, at most, a 5 minute wait to get to one of many voting machines. The process was quick, the election staff friendly. There were boxes of pizza and donuts for the staff and we were offerred some nourishment. We declined. Now comes the wait for results.

First and foremost ... kudos to the election workers. They performed well, were quite knowledgeable of the equipment and very patient with voters. Their professional and hard-working service far exceeds the token pay they receive for their efforts, proving they aren't doing it for the money.

As transplants from up north, our first Florida votes today went far more efficiently on touch-screens than it would have on the 50-year-old lever machines we were used to.

The electronic pages were clear and easy to read. FL made it even easier by mailing out sample ballots well before the election. It meant we were familiar with the screens and process before we voted. We marked our paper ballots and brought them with us.

I like the fact voters are required to page through the entire ballot and a summary section before being able to vote. That means voters have to review the entire ballot and their choices before being able to vote.

The fact election workers had to activate and record voter information on hand-held units keyed to the voting machines indicates there should be a trail documenting each voter.

So the voting process went well ... we'll find out tonight how the counting went.

Great! I was there at 7:10 am, I was out by 7:25 am. Had my sample ballot all filled out. Great job Pasco County Supervisor of Elections!!

Brilliant marketing when you think about it. My voting went especially smooth- I absentee balloted two weeks ago! Hope the long lines that I am hearing about doesn't discourage anyone from sticking around and doing their civic duty. As far as the caffeine induction goes, I surrendered years ago.