As we’ve mentioned, lines to vote today have been forcasted to be long, and indeed they are. This photo here is of the voting site at the 2nd District Police headquarters on Idaho Avenue. Over at the International Union of Operating Engineers hall in Glover Park, the line to vote stretched down Calvert Street nearly to the western gate to the vice president’s house at the Naval Observatory. (Here’s the Post’s morning update on area voting.)

The weather, by the way, is beautiful. CapitalWeather says that Kerry has the weather advantage.

Meanwhile, on our loop of the city this morning, DCist noticed that the McPherson Square Starbucks (15th and I sts, there are two on locations on the square), commonly dubbed the Kerry Starbucks (as it is nearest to the Kerry-Edwards headquarters on 15th Street), was buzzing. In fact, the line was out the door at one point around 8:15. We even saw some disheveled, droopy-eyed Kerry staffers meeting in the corner going through a stack of papers, with one dispatching an underling, saying something about “Lancaster.” Who knows … Regardless, it’s going to be a long night for them, and most probably won’t get to enjoy the big party the Dems are throwing at the Capitol Hilton on 16th Street. (The GOP has the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center reserved for their big bash.)

Tourists around the White House were few early this morning, though we did spot this cameraman at the White House’s South Lawn fence. President Bush returns to the capital this evening after an unusual Election Day rally in Ohio.

What was your experience voting this morning?