how long was your wait at the polls

[renovation]

how long did you have to wait to cast your vote ?
im a bit early on this one but the polls may open were your at before i can post it in the am !

[zippyjuan]

Well, as I recall it was eighteen years and probably seven months. Or did you mean since the last time? This will be our third election in CA this year.

OK- I know that was not what you were really asking. I will have to wait until at least tomorrow but since Rolling Stones tickets are not involved :guitar: I don't intend to camp out overnight. I'll just swing by sometime in the daytime. I have the whole day off (but not because of the election).

[ShawnLee]

I sent my absentee ballot in, so it's already done. No wait!

[Cheesypuff]

yah...i sent my absentee ballot in...

i get to research the props and stuff from the comfort of my chair

[DarkFury]

My vote took me 2 hours to cast this past Thursday in the pre-voting opportunity.

[Thesifer]

I'll see how mine goes tomorrow. I have the day off, so I'll wait. Hopefully not too long with all of the polls open, but who knows.

[Nija]

I think the longest I've ever taken was 10 minutes.

I also vote at 9 a.m. :P

[VTGreg]

My vote took me 2 hours to cast this past Thursday in the pre-voting opportunity.

It was about the same for me at early voting on Saturday morning. Hopefully no one here will be voting in Ohio. I've heard it could easily take 6 or 7 hours to vote there depending on your precinct and the time of day that you vote.

[Jeffbx]

I got to the polling place about 10 minutes before they opened this morning. Took an hour to wait in line & finish.

[johnnymk]

5 minutes at 9:15 AM

[mcs328]

I got there 30 minutes before it opened and already the parking lot was full and about 150 people ahead of me at least. Polling place opened at 7AM and I was out by 8am. So about 1.5 hours. The line snaked inside the parking lot, out on to the sidewalk and then some. I must commend the old disabled lady who got hit/bumped by a freaking car at my polling place. We let her cut in line and made sure she was ok.

[renovation]

sign in and went to a polling booth that quick took maybe 5 mins . there was no line at all really but all the booths were full !

[Burzhui]

in and out in 10 mins

[mcs328]

this poll thread could use a poll.

[Prngr44]

no wait... took about 5 minutes.

[RoniMan]

i was worried about the long wait, so i brought a few things to make the time go by quicker, when i got there at 9:30am, there was no line, so went in and did the deed and left

[tupacboy]

$0.42 no wait with a absentee :)

[cadetevon]

Showed up at 7am and I was about 30th in line. It took about 40 minutes.

I always show up when the polls open at 7am (so I can get my son to school on time) and I've never been there with more than four or five people.

[Thesifer]

Went in around 2:30 or so.. Didn't wait a second.. they checked my Voter ID card with the list, I signed, got a ballot.. Voted Dem Party Line, and Left.

Napoleon better be glad he doesn't live in Oklahoma. You have two choices. Dem or Rep. No Write-in Allowed.

[uncledaddy]

No wait, showed my ID. Voted all Republican. :winkie:
took about 5 min. time.

[zippyjuan]

Only two people in front of me at 11:30.

In the "only in California" category- while I was there a couple comes in walking two small dogs. One has their mail-in ballot in his mouth which he takes over to the poll worker who puts it into the box. The people made sure both of their dogs got "I Voted" stickers. I hope the dogs were not the ones who actually voted (unless they are smarter than the people!).

[MrGreg]

Took me about 90 seconds to walk to the mailbox.
I really don't know why everybody doesn't do vote by mail. All the lines of people waiting to vote would be gone.

[Napoleon54]

2:30pm, no line, no wait. In and out in 5 minutes.

And Thesifer: the paper ballots here have a separate column for write-in candidates.

[brainsmile]

my wait at starbucks was longer

[Jcranmer]

About 20 mins for me this morning. That is actually about 15 mins longer then I have had to wait here before. I live in a small rural town..I don't think more then a few thousand people normally vote at my location, so I was a little surprised by the turnout.

[Thesifer]

2:30pm, no line, no wait. In and out in 5 minutes.

And Thesifer: the paper ballots here have a separate column for write-in candidates.

write-ins = Illegal in Oklahoma.

[Nija]

I think the longest I've ever taken was 10 minutes.

I also vote at 9 a.m. :P
So I got to my polling place and there was a line. Whatever, I don't have anything to do. I stand in line for about 7 minutes when a gentleman walks up, shows me a map and asks me if I live in the shaded area. I tell him yes, and he says I'm in the wrong line. :angry: There are two polling places at one location. My polling place is around the corner of the building. Walked right in and voted because there was no line. The line I was in was about 50 people.

[Napoleon54]

write-ins = Illegal in Oklahoma.

write-ins = easy in NH.

:shrug:

do you have a point?

[LPMiller]

write-ins = easy in NH.

:shrug:

do you have a point?

it's pretty clear his point was that if you had to vote in OK, you wouldn't be able to do a write in. Nothing more then that.

[Thesifer]

it's pretty clear his point was that if you had to vote in OK, you wouldn't be able to do a write in. Nothing more then that.


Right, which was my only point. I don't see how that was missed by him there. Was just saying, you can "write in" in Oklahoma I guess if you'd like, but since it's not allowed, your ballot gets destroyed.

[guiseppewv]

No wait. I went at lunch and the place was slow. The pollsters said they were extremely busy the first few hours but then it slacked off.

[hapoo]

No wait. I got to the polls at around 4ish and there was no one in front of me. I guess no one in my neighborhood votes.
In all honesty I don't trust mailing my vote. I don't trust the privacy or the guarantee that it will get to its destination (or counted for that matter)!