"I think it's really long but it's worth the wait," Erica Craighead said.
Voters are not speaking about the election, but about the time spent waiting to cast a ballot. Craighead is taking it one step at a time.
"You can't have an opinion unless you vote," Craighead said.
Craighead and others turned out to Jack Hayes Elementary in Monroe to vote. Patience had to be a virtue here, even for the little ones. Some voters brought their children for the ride one man says not many get to go on.
"So many people have sacrificed to give you the opportunity to vote. They'll never be able to vote, some of them never even will be returned home," Earl Hodgkins said.
The younger crowd is waiting to weigh in on this election.
"It's a very long wait, so I know I'm doing it for a good cause. So, I'm trying to do my part and just vote," Teelah Rawls said.
And some are standing at the polling site because of the too close to call race to the white house, that ended with President Obama winning re-election.
"I think it's very important, I need to know that I contributed to who's our president," Melissa Simmons said.
It may be a rather lengthy wait time but for Craighead she's feeling a friendly environment next to the people who are feet away from entering a booth.
"I think everybody's being good and supportive about it and happy that they're doing it," she said.
After the long line, voters simply had to wait for the election results.
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:20 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:20:47 GMT
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:45:18 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Many in the ArkLaMiss are opening up their wallets for monetary donations or personal products to tornado ravaged Oklahoma.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Many in the ArkLaMiss are opening up their wallets for monetary donations or personal products to tornado ravaged Oklahoma.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:22 PM EDT2013-05-24 01:22:41 GMT
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.Of the local Scout leaders voting at their
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:57 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:57:22 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - After last week's severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area. The National Weather Service says a May 16 thunderstorm
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - After last week's severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:40:28 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces enhanced monitoring along La. 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole.
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces enhanced monitoring along La. 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:05 PM EDT2013-05-24 01:05:01 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core standards.The
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core standards.
