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Tue Nov-02-04 12:48 PM
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Poll question: How long did it take you to VOTE? |
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Tue Nov-02-04 12:49 PM
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1. 10 minutes if you include the walk to and from the polls. eom. |
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Voter number 28 in my polling district (NYC) at 6:30ish this morning.
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Tue Nov-02-04 12:52 PM
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2. Is there an election today? |
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:43 PM
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Tue Nov-02-04 12:52 PM
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3. I voted early and still waited in line |
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It took about ten minutes total to get through. I lingered around at the machine though trying to stretch it out at long as possible, savoring the moment.
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Tue Nov-02-04 12:59 PM
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4. I was looking for Repukes monitoring the polling place |
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:01 PM
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5. 15 minutes but thats about 13 minutes longer than normal |
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time in this small, lightly populated rural county in south Mississippi. Hard for me to imagine that my coinhabitants down here are turning out big for Kerry, but that would be really something for me to Crow about tomorrow.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:03 PM
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6. 2 hrs 45 mins here in Columbus Ohio... |
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in an overwhelming Democratic precinct. Packed to the gills! Everybody I talked to said they'd wait all day if need be.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:05 PM
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2 of the 4 machines were avaialable when I walked in.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:06 PM
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8. More like five minutes |
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ahhh ... the life of a non-swing stater ...
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:45 PM
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:15 PM
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I was surprised. There were more people voting than usual, but there was no line for my precinct's machine. I only had to wait for the woman tending the machine to finish cooing over a little girl in the next line over. I think it helped that I went to vote around 11 AM -- after the morning crowd but before the lunchtime crowd.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:19 PM
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the line was outside and halfway around the church. In Gwinnett County, Georgia.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:19 PM
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11. 11 AM no lines, no waiting |
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Inner city polling place. Reports of long lines in the suburbs.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:32 PM
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at around 11am here in NYC.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:35 PM
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It took longer to get my voter registration card from my wallet. There was nobody in line in front of me and only 1 person who came in after me.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:36 PM
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14. Inagin, outagin, Finnagin! |
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:36 PM
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15. Less than 15, but that includes 5 minutes in the wrong line. |
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The dear poll worker directed me to the wrong line.
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:56 PM
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33. How can a line be wrong? |
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:41 PM
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No waiting at 10:30 AM. Optical scan ballots - well staffed. Bet it's not like that in Phoenix.
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:50 PM
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17. I voted early, but it took me an hour and a half... |
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...just to get to the front of the line. Duckie
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Tue Nov-02-04 01:51 PM
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18. it was super quick, about 6 people in front of me |
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:43 PM
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19. There were only 4 booths available |
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I never stood in a line there before! It was great
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:46 PM
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but it was 10 am before I went to poll watch. That's what it usually is, but the folks there said that there was a line before 7 am! And there is rarely a line at my polling place. It is about time there are lines! There should be!
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:48 PM
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22. 1 1/2 hrs... and worth every second. |
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:49 PM
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There was a line, and then the people in front of me had some funky issue and had to fill out paper work, which they did while continuing to stand in line in front of me. Once I got to the desk, it took about 5 min.
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:51 PM
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24. no problems whatsoever |
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It was actually quite a pleasant expieience
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:54 PM
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25. 10 min, just a short wait - but I'm in a tiny precinct in SE KY |
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However, our precinct is having HIGH turnout and is over 75% registered Democrats.
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Tue Nov-02-04 04:59 PM
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26. 'bout 5 minutes for me....... |
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.....no lines in my neck o'the woods. :(
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:00 PM
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27. Less than 5 minutes....During the LUNCH HOUR! |
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In a heavily republican district in a red red state.
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:46 PM
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28. Cant belive how long the line was! |
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:49 PM
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I have a thread in the Lounge explaining how we vote in VERMONT. Paper ballots. No lines. Smiles. Bake sales. Hand counts.
Oh,life is good.
KERRY ON!
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:50 PM
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Michigan, metro Detroit area.
It wasn't very busy at the polls - I went after lunch - and everybody was extremely helpful.
It was my first time voting too, so I was a little freaked out. But I went for it!
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:51 PM
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We voted at 4 pm. There were a couple people voting and no line. We figured that voting earlier in the evening helped. We didn't want to vote close to the polls closing. This is an early type place with restaurants and such closing earlier than 8 pm if they have no customers. I was afraid the same thing would happen with voting.
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:54 PM
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32. About 10-mins. The most I had to wait ever. |
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What I saw at my polling place was very promising.
Lots of young voters and voters who said they never voted before.
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:12 PM
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34. Totals @ 3pm Pacific time |
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I did an Absentee Ballot (9 votes, 8%) Vote I Voted Early (7 votes, 6%) Vote 10 Min. (58 votes, 50%) Vote 15 Min. (5 votes, 4%) Vote 20 Min. (5 votes, 4%) Vote 30 Min. (6 votes, 5%) Vote 45 Min. (9 votes, 8%) Vote 1 hour (8 votes, 7%) Vote 1 1/2 hours (4 votes, 3%) Vote 2 or more hours (5 votes, 4%)
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:18 PM
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35. I'm ashamed to say ,I felt held up waiting 15 min.upstate N.Y |
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Then i saw what people had to endure in Ohio and Florida,too bad voting isn't as quick as lottery games.
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:21 PM
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36. Less than 5 minutes from parking to leaving |
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:27 PM
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37. I didn't have any wait at all, but I was lucky |
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There were long lines at the polls, but everyone was either in the A-G line or the H-Q line. The R-Z line had nobody in it, so much to the chagrin of everyone else, I was in and out in about two minutes.
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:28 PM
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Tue Nov-02-04 06:54 PM
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... counting the walk to the convenience store to buy a cup of coffee, chatting with at least 15 of my neighbors on the way to the poll, checking in, voting, checking out, and walking home. After I voted, I even helped some of my new elderly neighbors find their way to the poll for the first time in their new neighborhood.
This is the third time I've voted in this Boston neighborhood, and I just love it. I live in a high-rise just a few blocks from the poll, and I always see many of my neighbors on the way to and from. There is always a sense of patriotic pride in out citizens doing their civic duties. The poll itself is always very well organized, and the line moves very quickly. I've never had to wait for more than two people in front of my to go through the process. I can hardly believe what I hear about other polls around the country, where the lines are hours long! The check-in is easy and friendly, and the volunteers are great. If I didn't have to work, I would spend the day there as a volunteer myself.
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