Long Lines

[Rich Konopka]

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I went to vote today at 11:15 and the lines were out the door and almost snaked around the corner. I vote at the local high school and the parking lot was pretty full with no classes today. I'm glad to see that more people are voting. I have never ever seen the lines this long. Some elderly people also commented on how long the lines were and they also have never seen them this long.

Are you seeing long lines at your local polling places?

[Chris Padilla]

Yes but not as bad (or is that good? ) as what you saw, Rich. Comparing to last year, there was A LOT more people (at least 2-3x) there right at the 7 am opening.

I got to the polling place (A Chrysler/Jeep dealership of all place but it is walking distance from my house) at 6:50 and was 5th in line. By 7, it had grown to 15 people. By 7:25 am when I left, it was at 25-30 people in line. I drive by this place on my way home so I'll take a peek this evening.

According to the head guy running the polling place, his precinct is scheduled to handle 700 people. Last time, he had 1500 and he said it was borderline chaotic.

Glad to see people coming out. The morning radio show had many callers saying the same thing about lines and how they've never seen so many people before. I think this is great!

I think we, as Americans, have two obligations:

(1) Vote
(2) Pay taxes...hahahahahaha

[Jerry Olexa]

Chris, I hope you took the "nose" off when you were voting! Here, LOML and I voted about 11AM and virtually no line and moved quickly. This is a small station and we were there @ a "slack" hour. Hope we can have a conclusion by late evening tonight!

[Glenn Clabo]

I thought I'd go and drink some coffee, enjoy the frosty air and wait for the doors to open about 15 minutes early. I was #24 in line with 70 behind me before the doors opened. When I was done the poll worker said there were more people waiting in line than they usually get before noon. Hope it means that there are more people voting...and not just trying to beat the rush.

[Ken Garlock]

In Texas we have early voting, so LOML and I went to the local community college and voted last Wednesday. Only one person in front of us. They have the new computer operated voting booth. Very easy, but I wll guess someone will work at doing it wrong

[Rich Konopka]

Maybe if the the long lines continue they will consider voting on weekends or the early voting.

The whole world is watching us. I just saw a segment that all of the TV stations in Europe are going to cover the elections results live. Wow.

[Ian Barley]

Maybe if the the long lines continue they will consider voting on weekends or the early voting.

The whole world is watching us. I just saw a segment that all of the TV stations in Europe are going to cover the elections results live. Wow.

Rich

BBC here in the UK is covering everything live and not just on 24hr news channel. There reports are all about high voter turnout this time around.

[Michael Ballent]

I went to vote at 6:30am and there was already a line at my polling place. By the time I cast my ballot I was the 80th person to vote by 7am. Looks like it's going to be a busy one. When I went to primary there were very few people there to cast their ballots and a lot of canidates were decided during the primary I too hope that we do not have a repeat of the last time... It was too ugly.

[Jim Becker]

Arrived in line at 7:30a ET (polls opened at 7a in PA) and didn't get in the booth until 8a. I was number 151, so they were actually moving along pretty good. The line for my district was shorter than the line for the other one voting "downstairs" in the township building...that area has a lot of higher-density housing and the line was probably 300-400' long! Dr. SWMBO is working as a "get out the vote" volunteer today and has visited several polling places in the county. She indicated that turnout is huge everywhere.

[Keith Christopher]

The police were called in 2x to escort someone wearing a Kerry shirt out of the polling areas. "I didn't know it was illegal" *police points to BIG sign*

[Chris Padilla]

LOL...I thought everyone knew that:

"No campaigning within 100' of a polling place."

[Ted Shrader]

Interesting.... Jim Becker is the only poster (so far) from a battleground state. However, other folks are reporting a brisk turnout.

LOML was standing tall at 5:30 am (polls opened at 6:00 am) and was 38^th in line. By the time she got in, the line had grown to <125.

I went around 3 pm and waited behind three people in the "O-Z" line. There were four total "alphabet lines" when I was there. Only two this morning when LOML went.

After I put my card (yes, we use punch cards) through the counting machine, it registered 1800 ballots counted. (No I didn't win a prize ). But the typical number about then (when I generally vote) is <1000. So there really is greater turnout.

Regards,
Ted

[Jim Barrett]

I voted about 2 weeks ago and sent my ballot in the mail. Great way to vote, from the couch!!


Jim

[Jim O'Dell]

I took last Friday off and did the Texas early voting thing. Got to the polling place about 1030. Didn't count people, but it took about 45 minutes to get through the process. There were about a dozen voting computers. When we left. the line was maybe 5 or 6 longer than when we came in. Did any of you have the no cell phone sign at the door? Jim.

[Jack Hogoboom]

I voted around 5:45 p.m. Sailed right through. Not a single person in front of me. I really thought i'd be standing around for an hour or more. Keep hearing that turnout is huge, but couldn't tell from my polling place.

Jack