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Just Heard On A Promo To The 10PM Chicago News.... (Original Post) global1 Mar 2016 OP
uh huh bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #1
It's probably more likely that the delays Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #2
Unless Hillary threw a pedestrian in front of a Metra Train Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #3
it got absurd quite some time ago Skittles Mar 2016 #9
Our polls were also extended an hour due to Kittycat Mar 2016 #4
Tinfoil hat out iandhr Mar 2016 #5
Yeah... global1 Mar 2016 #7
Two words = Rahm Emanuel n/t left-of-center2012 Mar 2016 #6
4 counties in Ohio extended voting for 1 hour because of SamKnause Mar 2016 #8
You guys always have excuses when you lose. book_worm Mar 2016 #10
lolz obamanut2012 Mar 2016 #11
It sure could, after all, its Chicago Baobab Mar 2016 #12

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
2. It's probably more likely that the delays
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:36 PM
Mar 2016

were caused by so many trying to get home earlier than normal to go vote.

For years in the Northern VA commuter hell zone I hated holidays and special events as so much more traffic was fighting for the same transit over a much smaller window. In the end you still got home at a normal time, you just spent 3 or 4 times longer getting home.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
3. Unless Hillary threw a pedestrian in front of a Metra Train
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:36 PM
Mar 2016

NO! There was a person hit by a train in Cicero at 4:00 PM. I'm a Bernie supporter, but this is getting absurd!

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
4. Our polls were also extended an hour due to
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:40 PM
Mar 2016

Democratic ballots running short multiple times for extended periods. 1-2 hours. Only when people showed up, they were either turned away, or found the polls closed in some locations.

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