I voted at my polling place this morning. Absentee is more convenient, but I enjoy the ritual of voting in person. There were many more people at the poll than I've seen at the other elections since I moved to Seattle. But this is my first presidential election here.

I'm also serving as a Republican "poll watcher" for two other polling places. This entails checking twice today which of the identified Republican voters have already voted. The county party will follow up with a phone call to remind the others to vote.

All three of the polling places I've been to were swarming with Democrat monitors. I haven't seen any irregularities of any kind. Another Seattle Republican told me that at his polling place, the poll judge showed up late and was too hung over to do his job.

UPDATE
Yet another Seattle Republican poll watcher reports that at his polling place there was a throng of lawyers wearing "Kerry Legal Team" buttons. Candidate paraphernalia is prohibited at polling places. He also reports an unusual number of provisional ballots and spoiled ballots at the same poll.