It's the first Tuesday of November! (Duration of waiting in line?) (1 Viewer)

[D. Scott MacDonald]

I only had about a 10 minute wait at 8:30 AM.



BTW, shouldn't this be in the "polls" area? (Sorry for the bad pun)

 

[Patrick Sun]

Folks, this thread stays open only if it does not get into the political discussion of who should or shouldn't vote, etc. Please, from this point on, keep those opinions to yourself. This thread is about your experience at the polls, and let's leave it at that.

 

[Patrick_S]

Start to finish it only took me 5 minutes to vote. Of course as I already wrote my house is the polling location for my area so I just waited until no one else was there to vote.

 

[ChuckSolo]

I took the day off from work and waited until 10 AM to go vote here in Southern California. There was no line and just walked up and got my ballot.

 

[Ken Chan]

It's actually the first Tuesday after the first Monday; i.e. never November 1st, which is All Saints Day.



No wait as usual. There were four or five stations, with a black marker to fill in a little rectangle. The place was more crowded than I've seen, though.



Also, no ID required. While it wouldn't hurt, it doesn't seem like that big a deal, as long as you are on the list. How would you scan the system? Go to a polling place, guess the name and address of a voter that hasn't already voted, and vote in their place? Then repeat all over town?

 

[Kristian]

I got to the polling place right before 7 AM, and while the line was pretty long, it was not nearly as long as the lines I saw in my failed attempts to vote early last week. It took about 40 minutes to get to the voting booth, but I'd say it was well worth the wait to get the chance to vote in my first presidential election.

 

[Kevin T]

i got to the polls at 7:00 am and walked out after voting at around 8:20 am. pretty big turn out it seemed to me. i live in alabama.



kevin t

 

[Philip_G]

quote:Yeah, Colorado has as a state law requiring photo ids, many states do.. and out of state licence doesn't help her because if she has to show residency of 30 days or more.. (which, by law, if she's lived in Colorado more then 30 days, she's legally required to change her drivers licence)

Actually no, there is nothing in the law requiring any form if IN STATE ID for a registerred voter.



ID has been a big problem in denver today when she called the national voter hotline the guy had spoken to several people from denver alone with similar problems.


Yes she did. The hotline guy suggested going back with a passport and trying again and informing them of the law if they push it.

 

[Brenda M]

11:30 in rural Ohio, no line



no ID required, but of course there is one or two of the ladies that know me



my niece in Columbus at 7 am had to wait till 9:15

 

[Mike Slade]

I went right around 6pm. Took about 5 minutes.

 

[Carlo_M]

Hmm, no cell phone use reminds of...Las Vegas sports books! The fix is in!

Seriously, the news is now predicting 60% or more voter turnout. That's incredible. While in line I was pining for the days when voter apathy ruled and only 25% of us even bothered...

 

[Chris Lockwood]

NBC is using the ice rink at Rockefeller Center for their electoral map tonight.

 

[Brian Perry]

Went after work, no wait at all. Our place used the scantron forms, so there are no chads to worry about. Total time was about 5 minutes.

 

[shaniceMW]

took about an hour. hubby drove when he got home. we were in the s-z line. a-d was the second shortest line. everyone else had to wait longer. got to the booth and they had to escort some people out because they were too close to the voting booths inside the school. it was a mess. it was very good to see the voter turn out though. we left and went grocery shopping. that took about an hour. rode back down the street and the line was still long. cars parked on the street. the parking lot to the school was full. people were parked on the grass, sidewalk, etc. did not see any locals campaining.

 

[Chris]

quote:

Actually no, there is nothing in the law requiring any form if IN STATE ID for a registerred voter.

Thanks for the update

*laugh* I have the ACLU voter card, which I keep along side the NRA card.. they had it wrong

See, those of us from Kansas just guess occassionally

 

[Steve Schaffer]

Took 10 minutes tops. In 2000 they wouldn't let me vote because I hadn't brought my sample ballot and the incompetent fools running the polling place couldn't figure out how to look up my name on the registration list.

Clearly illegal and I raised holy hell with them but they would not budge or even try to look me up. I went home and dug up the sample ballot and went back and voted.



This time I was concerned because I again didn't have my sample ballot, but they found me instantly and all else went smoothly.

 

[Kevin Hewell]

I had to wait over two hours in line this afternoon. The line was incredible. This is the longest I've ever waited in line to vote.

 

[Philip_G]

I'm amazed they haven't figured some sort of phone voting system.

if it's good enough for student loans, it's good enough for voting

 

[Rob P S]

Rushed out at 8:30 this morning - no line.

 

[JamesED]

Ended up waiting for 4 hours and left 2 and a half hours after the polls closed. We came out early because they were able to get another machine when the polls closed for the precint sharing the polling place.



Apparently this precint had 100 voters last election. This time several thousand students showed up.



I found it humorous, but when I got in the final stretch of the line, I was asked to put up "America the Book". I bought it to read during my long wait. I understand why, but didn't think it had the enough sway compared to newspapers or other politically charged material.