White House Easter Egg Roll Tickets Go Online

RESTON, Va. (WUSA) -- Lisa, a mother of two in Reston, Virginia, spent hours on line trying to get to the White House easter egg roll. This year, the White House decided to release them online. But while technology is supposed to make things easier, it hasn't.

"You can't even get to where you can buy them," says Lisa. It says click here, then you get one error after another."

She and her two children went to the Easter Egg roll last year and wanted to go again with friends this year. But she doesn't think that's going happen.

"We all spent the last hour online, we were on the phone with each other trying to get the same time period, and not one of us got tickets," says Lisa.

Lisa also thinks offering the tickets online opens the door to scalpers and she couldn't afford to buy them.

"It's very disappointing," she says.

In front of the White House Thursday, Jody Curry was leading a school group from Rochester, New York, and likes that tickets are online.

"It's probably sad for them, but I think it's better online," says Curry. "It gives everybody a chance to get them. It's fairer that way."

Until this year, the White House would give away tickets on location. People would stand in a long line often camping out the night before. It sounds like a pain, but actually it was a beloved local tradition.

Lisa has written the White House telling them the change has robbed local children of what it means to live in the area.

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