Strollerderby

Why not take your kid with you?  What's the alternative, leaving them out there unsupervised?  How long does a normal person spend in the booth anyhow?  If you are standing there trying to decide, that's a bit late, I think.

It takes 30 seconds to vote.  I don't think the question of whether or not to take your kid in the booth with you is an earth-shattering one.

My daughter has gone with me to vote every single election since she was born--just the way my mother did with me.  There is no more important civic duty than voting and being politically aware, and I can't think of a better way to teach kids that lesson than by example.

I've always taken my kids. They have waited in hour long lines and sat on their hands when I thought they were going to mess up the touch screen.

I also take lollipops with me to keep them busy if there is a long line. My experience is that lollipops will make anything worthwhile.

My kids come with us. At 4 and 2, they don't understand what it's about, but they know it's important. Plus, if we go at a time when it's not that busy, the sweet old ladies who serve as election judges in our district will help keep an eye on them if they get bored watching me punch my card.

I let my 4-year-old daughter pull the lever.

We have caucuses in Colorado, and our 10 month old was along last night for the entire 3 hours. She was really a trooper! Of course, take the kids. My mom always took me.

I don't have a political blog, but I wasn't above dragging my son to the polling place and voting yesterday and blogging about it. It was quick and easy and sets good habits!

I have always taken my kids with me to vote in the past.  But now that Kansas has a caucus, it wasn't really an option.  I couldn't very well stand in a line in the snow and then in a hot gym for 2 hrs with three young kids.  So only my husband voted.  

We took our nine-week-old to the polls with us to this monumental election. We wanted to create a memory and start the learning early. I asked Z who I should vote for, and he watched as drew the line to my candidate. The poll workers gave him an "I Voted" sticker, and we have a cute picture for his baby book. So, yes, I suppose children do have a place at the polls.

Easy answer on kids in the voting booth -- Hell, YES!  ;)

I'm planning on taking my 13 month old (who will then be 14 months old and hopefully walking a few steps) into the voting booth with me and I plan on getting someone to take a few pictures. The last time a voted, it was a senate election and things weren't very busy at all. This time may be different, because I am in a different area and it will be the primaries in PA which everyone here is considering a big deal since the candidates are running neck and neck, we all have the mentality that we may be the state that determines who will run for president. I come from a very political family so being as this is the first primary that I can vote in and the first time my daughter will be able come with me to the voting booth, it will be a big deal in our house.