I put on the news this morning and the first thing I saw was voters lined up at various polling places around the country.
So how long did you have to stand on line? If you want to say who you voted for, that’s fine, but I’m more curious as to the wait time.
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5 minutes
Went after picking up our son from school, so about 3:45 in the afternoon. Walked right in, with the only delay being the one person in line in front of me being in the wrong polling place. We were both done, and headed out the door no later than 3:55.
Went after picking up our son from school, so about 3:45 in the afternoon. Walked right in, with the only delay being the one person in line in front of me being in the wrong polling place. We were both done, and headed out the door no later than 3:55.
Less than five minutes in Greece, Rochester, NY. I went after work around 5:30—it was full of activity but wasn’t swamped or disorganized.
grenadier…sounds like you aren’t too far from where I live!
Mid Michigan, 9 AM, 15 minutes
Mid Michigan, 9 AM, 15 minutes
I voted two weeks ago; all it took was ten minutes.
About 35 minutes. I got there about 5 minutes after the polls opened at 7:00, and was done by 7:40.
About 35 minutes. I got there about 5 minutes after the polls opened at 7:00, and was done by 7:40.
I got up early to vote on the way in for work, figuring I’d beat the rush by getting there as the polls opened at 7am… Line was around the block; I heard later from a friend who stood in that line that they waited about three hours. So I skipped lunch and left work early, hoping to beat the after-work crowd… 15 minutes in line at the same polling station, another five filling out forms, and another five to actually vote. After hearing all the horror stories from people at work who went during the day, I think I lucked out.
I waited 2 hours 10 minutes just before noon in
Pa. But I waited in line, not “on line”, so maybe
you only wanted to hear only from people standing
on the hapless souls who were properly in line.
-Dave O’Connell
I waited 2 hours 10 minutes just before noon in
Pa. But I waited in line, not “on line”, so maybe
you only wanted to hear only from people standing
on the hapless souls who were properly in line.
-Dave O’Connell
Claire and I went after she got off work. There were maybe two people in there already voting. So our wait was nil.
McCain’s making his concession speech. Only a Buck Dharma guitar solo sounds sweeter.
Miles
Claire and I went after she got off work. There were maybe two people in there already voting. So our wait was nil.
McCain’s making his concession speech. Only a Buck Dharma guitar solo sounds sweeter.
Miles
I didn’t have to stand in line at all – walkled in, voted, walked out.
Of course, that was on the first day of Early Voting here in Georgia, in early October…
One of Kate’s fellow workers showed up at the poll this morning half an hour before it opened and there were already 100 people in line.
in Gainesville Georgia.
I didn’t have to stand in line at all – walkled in, voted, walked out.
Of course, that was on the first day of Early Voting here in Georgia, in early October…
One of Kate’s fellow workers showed up at the poll this morning half an hour before it opened and there were already 100 people in line.
in Gainesville Georgia.
It only took me six minutes to vote — but I went to the polling place at three in the afternoon, so no people going to work and no lunch crowd. Terri (my fiancée) went on her way to work at 6.45 this morning, and it took her half an hour.
Oh and Peter? I was right, you were wrong. And aren’t you glad? *grin*
It only took me six minutes to vote — but I went to the polling place at three in the afternoon, so no people going to work and no lunch crowd. Terri (my fiancée) went on her way to work at 6.45 this morning, and it took her half an hour.
Oh and Peter? I was right, you were wrong. And aren’t you glad? *grin*
OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobody guessed Obama getting 364 or 367?
Quick, anybody who hasn’t logged a guess yet, snap up those numbers before the final states are called!
Missouri isn’t impossible yet, so someone might want to call dibs on 378, too.
I was in line as soon as the polls opened this morning at 6:00 AM. I waited in line for about 40 minutes before I was able to fill out my ballot.
Thank goodness this worked out.
I was in line as soon as the polls opened this morning at 6:00 AM. I waited in line for about 40 minutes before I was able to fill out my ballot.
Thank goodness this worked out.
Or, maybe I’m going a little loopy from looking at election results all day. I did a search on the wrong thread, so of course I didn’t find the number 364.
Nevermind.
Or, maybe I’m going a little loopy from looking at election results all day. I did a search on the wrong thread, so of course I didn’t find the number 364.
Nevermind.
I live in Charlottesville, VA. It only took about 5 minutes to vote. My precinct was quite hectic during the AM, but things slacked off after 5 PM. I was working as an Officer of Election in my precinct and voted during some downtime.
I live in Charlottesville, VA. It only took about 5 minutes to vote. My precinct was quite hectic during the AM, but things slacked off after 5 PM. I was working as an Officer of Election in my precinct and voted during some downtime.
15 minutes two weeks ago… Then I walked to the USPS and mailed it off… Where’s my free donut?!
15 minutes two weeks ago… Then I walked to the USPS and mailed it off… Where’s my free donut?!
Voted at 11:45am and no wait at all.
I turned in my absentee ballot a week ago.
Then I missed feeling like part of the process on Election Day, so I went to the polls anyway. (Couldn’t vote again, obviously, but I did get my nifty “I Voted Today” sticker. 🙂
The lines were nonexistent when I went. Then again, I live in a small rural town of less than 4000 people…
I turned in my absentee ballot a week ago.
Then I missed feeling like part of the process on Election Day, so I went to the polls anyway. (Couldn’t vote again, obviously, but I did get my nifty “I Voted Today” sticker. 🙂
The lines were nonexistent when I went. Then again, I live in a small rural town of less than 4000 people…
Voted absentee 3 weeks ago (live out of the country). Got the ballot 5 days after I requested it. Just left the Sexy Democrats Abroad Party (I didn’t invent the name!) downtown, quite the raucus, happy celebration! At least 400 expats in the pub. Yaaaay!
Heard rumours that there was a do for the Republican abroad, but he couldn’t make it at the last minute.
I was at a table filled with a bunch of guys from the Dominican Republic, they were crying they were so happy, it was something to see!
For those back home in the US: this is a *big* deal to many in the rest of the world. So many people in other countries did not believe the powers-that-be in the US would “allow” a black president. Tonight I heard, over and over again, that this totally changed their perception of the US. For the better.
Of course, we’re all happily drunk, so call me tomorrow! 🙂
Voted absentee 3 weeks ago (live out of the country). Got the ballot 5 days after I requested it. Just left the Sexy Democrats Abroad Party (I didn’t invent the name!) downtown, quite the raucus, happy celebration! At least 400 expats in the pub. Yaaaay!
Heard rumours that there was a do for the Republican abroad, but he couldn’t make it at the last minute.
I was at a table filled with a bunch of guys from the Dominican Republic, they were crying they were so happy, it was something to see!
For those back home in the US: this is a *big* deal to many in the rest of the world. So many people in other countries did not believe the powers-that-be in the US would “allow” a black president. Tonight I heard, over and over again, that this totally changed their perception of the US. For the better.
Of course, we’re all happily drunk, so call me tomorrow! 🙂
Lessee, I left work around 5:30pm, took at least 20+ minutes to get to the firehouse near where I live, another 5 or so to park in that dámņ narrow strip of pavement across the street, then after signing in got in line after 11 people, took a minute in the booth to triple-check my choices & convince myself that the switch(es) for Obama worked. (During which the line had doubled+) I was back at my car by 6:30pm, so… maybe 15 minutes, 20 max.
I voted on Thursday and it took about an hour and a half. The election office didn’t seem particularly busy, just steady. The line was the same length when I was left as it was when I first got there.
I voted on Thursday and it took about an hour and a half. The election office didn’t seem particularly busy, just steady. The line was the same length when I was left as it was when I first got there.
I waited in line for 90 minutes at least. My total voting experience was almost two hours in the cold, much of it spent before the sun came up.
AND IT WAS ALL WORTH IT! GO OBAMA!
I arrived at my polling place at 3:15 pm EST, just as I had in 2004. There was one other person voting and I was in and out in five minutes. In 2004, I had to wait an hour and twenty minutes.
Thank you, Ohio, for early voting!
I arrived at my polling place at 3:15 pm EST, just as I had in 2004. There was one other person voting and I was in and out in five minutes. In 2004, I had to wait an hour and twenty minutes.
Thank you, Ohio, for early voting!
Took 5 min. to drive there, walked up and gave my name, walked to the empty booth and filled it out and was back in the car and heading home. Took a total of 15 min. from leaving home to get back home.
Time: 4:45pm.
Took 5 min. to drive there, walked up and gave my name, walked to the empty booth and filled it out and was back in the car and heading home. Took a total of 15 min. from leaving home to get back home.
Time: 4:45pm.
Took maybe a minute to drive to the library, about five minutes to complete my registration (I had to re-register since my address had previously changed), and then about two minutes to vote. I was done in less than ten minutes, which was a nice surprise considering I went after work and expected a lenghty wait.
No lines. Oregon is Vote-By-Mail. 🙂
No lines. Oregon is Vote-By-Mail. 🙂
Took about 15 minutes total, and we brought our 10 month old along.
Life in a small town; We knew people at the check-in desk, the check-out desk, the cop working the detail and saw our baby doctor on the way out.
Since it was only a few weeks earlier, hope you don’t mind if I chime in with a Canadian election anecdote.
I misfiled my voter’s card but found my passport and waited in a line for only a few minutes. Whereupon I was told that my passport was not sufficient ID (it doesn’t have my address, though it does have my name and photo, and it’s highly unlikely that someone else with my name is going to show up).
I went home, grabbed my cheque book (with my address on each cheque) and my now unearthed voter’s card. The trip home and back was roughly 30 minutes. There was only one set of people ahead of me but I had to wait about 10 minutes because they were newly registered and extra work was needed. Despite having my voter’s card, passport, and cheque book they still asked me if I had a recent bill (no doubt in case I had moved out of my bachelor suite and someone else with the exact name had moved into my suite in the meantime). Luckily they relented and let me vote anyway.
Canada, like the US has traditionally had a problem with voter apathy (though this year it was probably far greater in Canada than the US). I wonder how many people who were on the fence about voting changed their mind because it would require a second trip.
I was an election officer in California.
An insane amount of people voted early and by mail, which made the lines at our polling station much smaller. However, we had a constant flow of people all day long.
The longest line was in the morning when the poll opened- people probably had to wait 15 minutes at most (we were fast 😉 ). Most people didn’t wait in line at all.
I was an election officer in California.
An insane amount of people voted early and by mail, which made the lines at our polling station much smaller. However, we had a constant flow of people all day long.
The longest line was in the morning when the poll opened- people probably had to wait 15 minutes at most (we were fast 😉 ). Most people didn’t wait in line at all.
Our polling place is never busy. I stood in a short line waiting to sign in, got my ballot, and filled it out. It took me a little longer than it should have because my son was antsy and was making it a little hard to concentrate.
I did almost get to see a voting bruhaha. A woman who came in after rather rudely and loudly declared that the voting judges needed to have directions up, and after the judge told her that it was a crazy, record breaking day, and could she please be a little more understanding, the woman made some comment about “and I’ll take no more of your šhìŧ.”
Which almost got her escorted out of the building.
Cooler heads prevailed, though, and her (digruntled) vote was taken.