W2R
Moderator Emeritus
Yesterday I heard on the news that people lined up for early in-person voting in a nearby New Orleans suburb were having to wait in line for as long as five and a half hours. That's insane! In my suburb, in the same Parish (=County), the wait time was averaging 45 minutes. Still, one never knows. They might move some voting machines around to make the wait times more equal. Anyway, I had no idea that so many voters would turn out!
We are still determined to vote in person on Election Day, because we have always done that and want to do it no matter how long the wait. Old habits die hard. But now, we are making plans to possibly spend several hours in line. I'll dust off my old walker that I haven't used since my knee surgery last year, and take it with me. It has a seat so I can sit on that. F doesn't have a walker but he is going to take my portable fold-up "camp chair". We'll take rain gear in case it rains, since lines that long with social distancing will be mostly outside, I'd imagine. What an experience this is going to be.
So glad that apparently everyone here who can, is planning to vote whether early, absentee, or on Election Day like us.
We are still determined to vote in person on Election Day, because we have always done that and want to do it no matter how long the wait. Old habits die hard. But now, we are making plans to possibly spend several hours in line. I'll dust off my old walker that I haven't used since my knee surgery last year, and take it with me. It has a seat so I can sit on that. F doesn't have a walker but he is going to take my portable fold-up "camp chair". We'll take rain gear in case it rains, since lines that long with social distancing will be mostly outside, I'd imagine. What an experience this is going to be.
So glad that apparently everyone here who can, is planning to vote whether early, absentee, or on Election Day like us.