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    Question how long was your wait at the polls

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

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


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    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.


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

    I also vote at 9 a.m.

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

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    5 minutes at 9:15 AM

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    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.

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    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 !
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    this poll thread could use a poll.

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    no wait... took about 5 minutes.

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    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

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    $0.42 no wait with a absentee

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    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.
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    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.


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

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    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!).
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    Took me about 90 seconds to walk to the mailbox.
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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    write-ins = Illegal in Oklahoma.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nija
    I think the longest I've ever taken was 10 minutes.

    I also vote at 9 a.m.
    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. 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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thesifer
    write-ins = Illegal in Oklahoma.
    write-ins = easy in NH.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Napoleon54
    write-ins = easy in NH.



    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LPMiller
    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.


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