Why are there such ling lines to vote in Calif? I thoght they had lots of polling places. n/t

[napi21]

[NBachers]

1. I had a 10 minute wait. I don't mind waiting. I'm glad to see people showing up to vote.

I voted in San Francisco

[unc70]

2. MSNBC reported broken machines at one precinct

One they were covering had lines.

[msongs]

3. cali has same day registration. maybe that backs up the line snt

[FreeState]

4. Depends where - I called and made an official complaint today in SD

They could not staff several ballot drop off locations and closed them last minute (one in the gay area). Nothing like disenfranchising the poor. The notice didn't even let people know they could drop their ballots off at the post office.

SD = San Diego

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I suspect at least some folks waited till today, instead of voting early.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Might have overestimated early voting...

but this year, a lot of folks waited til after the early states were in to vote.

[eissa]

7. I've never waited more than a few minutes

to vote in CA, including today. Have voted in every election since I was 18 (now 40-ish!) and the longest I’ve waited is maybe 15 minutes.

Edit: I’m in Modesto, Central Valley area.

[onecaliberal]

8. I voted this morning at 7:10 in a red county in California, took about ten minutes.

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[TomCADem]

9. When I voted on Sunday, the place was almost empty.

In California, you now have 10 days to vote. It's been on the radio and news.

[diva77]

10. In Los Angeles County, the number of places to vote was reduced from 5000 to 1000.

There were a few days of early voting -- but what a BAD IDEA in such a fluid contest --considering how the presidential field has changed in the last 24 hours.

There was a 2 hour wait at the voting center I went to. Most people had to wait outdoors with no shade and no benches. I had to drive there because the walkable precinct polling place is one of the 4000 polling places they cut.

Luckily I had a Vote By Mail ballot (VBM) -- which I wanted so that my vote would be recorded by hand on a paper ballot and 100% verifiable. I waltzed up to the front of the line, handed the envelope to a poll worker and witnessed him place it in the ballot box.

People are justifiably disgusted with the new $300,000,000 machines that create a computer code (QR code) on paper, which the human eye cannot interpret or verify.

If there is a recount or audit, they will just reread the QR code -- which means we'll never know whether we're counting votes that reflect what people intended to record.

Long lines, machine malfunctions, nonverifiable computer-printouts masquerading as paper ballots, hardware that is proprietary mixed with some open source that has been kept secret, machine costs kept secret, county clerk not available to answer probing questions -- does this sound like a good use of tax payer money????? So many more unanswered questions and problems...



K&R for exposure

[stillcool]

13. wow...that sucks..

I thought those were going to be the gold standard of voting machines.

[Beaverhausen]

15. Not sure what you are talking about

I voted on the new machine and all my choices were printed out.

There were many voting centers open near me and a very short wait when we went this past sunday afternoon.

[diva77]

17. If someone voted early and chose Buttigieg or Klobuchar, their vote was wasted.

Early voting is bad on so many levels.

Despite choices being printed out, most people don't check that print out -- and it doesn't always match voter intent. Also, the machine creates a QR code supposedly reflecting the voter's choices, however there is no way to verify that.

[Beaverhausen]

19. Well that's not quite right

We HAD to check the printout before we hit the final “submit” button

And yes I understand wanting to wait and not waste your vote.

[beaglelover]

20. Exactly! You had to approve the printout of your votes.

[beaglelover]

16. I voted on Saturday in LA. The paper ballots that the

New machines use show all your votes in English too or whatever language you choose in the first step of voting. So if the paper ballots had to be counted it should be fine.

[diva77]

18. please check out post #17 in this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287620752#post17

[napi21]

11. The lines I saw were on MSNBC. Had 2+ hoir waits! Who the he** decided to close 4,000 polls?

In LA Cty. I'm sure it wasn't because THEY LOST PEOPLE!

[The River]

12. There Is a Polling Place

in every mailbox in the state. Mailing a ballot in
costs nothing, the postage is free.

[shanti]

22. Exactly

If one wants to wait until the last day, hold onto it and take it to the post office or any other drop box (and there are a lot of them in Sacramento County). My candidate probably won't win, but I'm hoping that she will give her delegates to Biden should she drop out.

Maybe the long lines consist of new voters, and that is a good sign!

[Beaverhausen]

14. People wanted to wait

I voted on Sunday.

There were tons of “voting centers” in Los Angeles and lots of early voting
But people were waiting to see who would still be in, etc.

[shanti]

21. Permanent mail-in here

for about 15 years. But before that, I don't remember ever standing in lines. Kind of shocking, really.