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(38,187 posts)We were lined up waiting to get in and that is unusual for our little polling place. I was the 30th person to vote this morning. I hope lines mean good news.
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)Mr. Pup and I voted in and out in 20 minutes. It's going to be a good day for Obama in NY!
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Pretty typical for a major election. I'm in a rural, heavily Republican district, so I would have preferred to see a very light turnout.
ananda
(28,885 posts)No wait at all. I was there a total of five minutes, including voting.
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)I was there before the polls opened. There were 7 people in line before me. So, 8 people already in line before the polls opened, may sound short, but given the time of the day, not so much.
I expect them to be pretty long once the parents take their kids to school.
but I live in a very small town in CT. The voting machine jammed for the person ahead of me and they had to fix it which took a couple of minutes, but I think we were there a total of 10.
Flipper999
(241 posts)I'm still in it. Didn't really expect it since Maryland (my state) isn't a battleground, but voters are just fired up!
Alleycat
(1,117 posts)My borough is pretty small. A little over 3000 people. Only about 500 people use my polling place. In the 2008 election I was number 325 at about 5pm.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)Silent3
(15,362 posts)I was in a modestly long line for about one minute when a poll worker came out and said "Anyone here with a last name starting with J through Z?" I left that line and moved to a line with just two people in front of me for the S-Z table.
I spent more time carefully filling in the appropriate little black ovals on my ballot than waiting in line.
Voting should be this fast and easy EVERYWHERE for EVERYONE!
deutsey
(20,166 posts)mikeytherat
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shawn703
(2,702 posts)And I've voted in every election since I moved here in 2000. Maybe redistricting put more likely voters in my precinct, but I've been here an hour already (still in line) and the longest I ever had to wait was maybe 20 minutes in 2008.
WhollyHeretic
(4,074 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Nothing akin to Florida.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)waited about 35 minutes. In 2008, I waited about 15 minutes.
longship
(40,416 posts)Of course, there is no urban Newaygo county. More deer here than people.
I am leaving for the polls within the hour.
BTW, that's western MI.
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)2200 people, and over 100 in line.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)When I turned in my mail ballot a week and a half ago, they had a drive-thru line - I didn't even have to get out of my car.
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)But not me. Got there 15 minutes after open, and the line was out the door. 30 minutes later, the line is halfway across the parking lot.
Walked right up to the table & checked in. In western Suffolk County, NY. Lots of people here still w/o power.
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)Their was a short line, and about an 15 min wait at 7 AM. Their was a much longer line in 08. I seem to recall it was about an hour in 08
qanda
(10,422 posts)This was my first time at this polling place but apparently the wait was longer than it's ever been.
No line but I live in a small town in CT - Bethel.