Hell of a line in VA-8

[Recursion]

I got to the polling station at 5:45 (it opens at 6) and I was voter 300 and something. The line is physically longer than it was in 2016, and the only contested races on the ballot are Kaine/McNazi and a flood insurance ballot question. Now to hold my breath for fourteen hours or so.

[sunonmars]

1. That does sound promising.

[renegade000]

4. If you are unfamiliar with VA...

VA-08 is the most heavily Democratic district. Sounds like the enthusiasm on our side is extremely high

[Tavarious Jackson]

2. It should never take that much trouble to vote.

There needs to be vote by mail in every state. It's safe. I'm in Oregon.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Damn. My town of 75K has 60 districts w/2 machines each, 15 polling locations. 3-4 mins max to vote.

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Four districts share a voting location, as people enter, they branch off to their district's table, sign in and vote.

I think twice, I waited 5 minutes, as two people were in front of me for the booth, and that was back in the 90s.

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[BumRushDaShow]

8. "There needs to be vote by mail in every state. It's safe."

Unless you are in a "red state" with "Signature Match".

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/signature-matching-florida-absentee-ballots/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/concerns-growing-over-rejections-of-vote-by-mail-ballots/2018/10/30/e5f1bf7c-dc61-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html?utm_term=.4ed10328ca6e

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Long lines to vote is a sign of contempt by the elected officials for the citizens they represent.

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I'm sure if you take more than 30 seconds of their time, they would be annoyed, but hours of yours... no problem.

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[Recursion]

6. The length of the line is not important

If it takes more than a few minutes, that's a problem. But there are corrals and tables for about 50 voters at a time.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Yet the OP infers that the long lines result in upwards of fourteen hours to vote.

[LisaL]

9. No, OP is saying he is going to have to wait 14 hours to know what the results are.

[Recursion]

10. No, 14 hours until we get results (nt)