A slow day at the polls in Mesquite

We expected a large mass of people to be line voting for our next president today. However, while waiting for voters at Motley Elementary, there was not a single person in line. So we waited. And then we waited some more. Eventually, we spotted a voter and pounced on him as if he were the last corn dog at the state fair. But he refused to be interviewed, stating it was none of our business.

So, we waited again for someone to stroll through the voting station. Along came Amanda Thompson, 24, who has voted in every election since she was 18 years old. She decided to support the Democratic Party in a largely Republican state. She felt the most important issue in this year’s election was civil rights. Thompson said she voted for Barack Obama, though she did not vote a straight Democratic ticket.

Roger Smith, 65, also spoke with us. This was not his first time to vote, although he does not participate in every election. "This is the biggest election that I have taken part it," Smith said. He said it was important to vote this particular time because the economy is in shambles and he wants to see improvement. Smith voted for Mitt Romney, but he did not vote a straight Republican ticket. 

-- Austin Shelton