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we switched to absentee a few years back. our state has now switched to vote-by-mail only. (and our gov allowing people to register to vote via facebook *really* inspires confidence in the process. not.)

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About 45 minutes, in the heat. After I got to the front of the line, it occurred to the poll workers that, instead of having the line stretch straight away from the doors in the broad sunlight, they could herd everyone next to the building to stand in the shade.

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I waited 45 minutes at our small town, township hall this AM. Dh waited 50 minutes in the afternoon.

 

According to our local media it was an "unprecedented turn-out" at the polls.

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Washington is mail-in ballot only. I spent over four hours going through the voter's pamphlet and voting yesterday. I had no clue what was on the ballot (no broadcast or cable tv so no ads) so I had to go through the whole pamphlet. Dh dropped them off at the local ballot drop box last night.

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oh you don't want to know. I stood for about an hour only to have my turn and be told that they changed the districts and the card I was mailed had the wrong polling site and address listed on it and that I couldn't vote because my precinct had moved (yet it was the same place where I voted in the primaries and I haven't gotten a newer card in the mail with any new address.) and that they thought I should go down the street, but they weren't sure. Went there and that was the wrong precinct. They gave me the election board number to call, but I couldn't get through on my cell. Apparantly they were overloaded on calls because this was an epidemic.

 

Finally called dh and he found me the right place online and got there, and there was NO LINE. I just walked in and voted. Never had a bad experience like that since I started voting. My kids did get to go to Taco Bueno for their free "Rock the Guac" chips and guacamole that they saw the ad for on T.V. w/our I voted stickers. :) So they didn't mind the driving around.

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No line at all. I walked right in, voted, and walked out.

 

Of course, I had to walk 1.3 miles to the polling place and back, so from my front door to voting and back to my front door was a total of an hour and five minutes... not including the stop at the coffee shop on my way home. :D (I am very happy that my dh was able to pick up his new-to-us car today.)

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we switched to absentee a few years back. our state has now switched to vote-by-mail only. (and our gov allowing people to register to vote via facebook *really* inspires confidence in the process. not.)

 

I am scandalized!!!!

 

I went at noon and the line was out the door. I left.

 

I went back at 2:30 and there were only about 15 people there. I gave my info and was handed a paper receipt and a plastic card. I put the card in the machine to activate it and voted via touch screen. I've never seen a paper ballot here.

 

I got my sticker, but it fell off my jacket so my kids accused me of not voting.

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We waited about a minute but only because someone was having an issue with a provisional ballot (or maybe a same-day registration - I'm not sure which). In any case, essentially no wait. I'm glad a lot of people had no wait. Most of my MD friends had an hour wait, which I thought was really long.

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10 minutes or so. If I'd had a different last name, I wouldn't have had a wait at all, but for some reason (mainly a charter school 8th grade class that came to following their teacher and have the whole process explained to them) L-M was incredibly busy.

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There was one guy in front of me. They said when the poll opened there was quite a line for the first half of the day. My area has lots of polling locations. In fact, mine is only a mile or so away and I pass by another one on my way to my polling location (don't ask me how that works). :) I've never had to stand in a line more than a few people long and it's usually moving slow because whatever technology they are dealing with is being moody.

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Washington is mail-in ballot only. I spent over four hours going through the voter's pamphlet and voting yesterday. I had no clue what was on the ballot (no broadcast or cable tv so no ads) so I had to go through the whole pamphlet. Dh dropped them off at the local ballot drop box last night.

 

Ah, true, I did have to look up my state and local questions.

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I left my house at 7:20 AM and arrived back home at 7:33. It takes me longer to buy milk. I was VERY pleased (despite the fact I live in a state that was called before any votes were counted).

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30 minutes to get the ballot (after being redirected at two other polling places!); apparently the man was having trouble reading the names :smilielol5:

 

I'm serious! Never underestimate the power of reading. Just because you graduated high school doesn't mean you read fluently. Finally one of the ladies came over and grabbed the list out of his hands. When we got to the booth, they were out of pens...

 

By the time we got out and ate dinner, the election had already been called. :001_huh:

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Zip zilch zero wait. Love mail in.

 

It took me about 30 minutes to vote at kitchen table. I was that long due to discussing things with my 9 yo son. Since I am active in my political party, I am pretty familiar with all the issues and races.

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Two minutes. There were maybe 3 people in line ahead of me. But this state wasn't a "battleground" state for the general election, with a few local exceptions. Also, there's been early voting for at least a couple of weeks (dh voted maybe two weeks ago). So that cut down the crowds considerably.

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