misanman
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Just went in to vote - no line, walked in, filled out ballot, walked out. Easy-peasy, despite not having early voting here in Michigan.
Does anybody here know what factors correlate with the time one has to wait in line to vote? It seems like most of the long wait times are in densely-populated areas, but maybe that's because most of the news cameras are in cities.
We went back at 11:30, and the parking lot was full. Still, I was able to park only four houses away so that was much better. There were only three people ahead of us in line, so it didn't take long. The rain had paused briefly, so we didn't get wet.I just drove down to our polling place, to check things out. Thought I might vote early, and then go back to drop off F to vote after he wakes up.
Upon arrival at 10:30 AM, I saw no lines at all outside in the (light) rain! That's great. However, both parking lots were filled, and the closest parking spot was 2-3 blocks away. So, they must have the lines winding through the stacks at the little branch library that is our polling place.
I decided to wait and vote later today. It's sort of a gamble but I'd rather vote with F, and I don't see much advantage to voting this morning.
I'm glad I was not one of those voting early (instead of voting on Election Day) here, some of whom encountered lines over an hour long.
Good! I've been wondering if the large number of ballot measures was going to impact wait time. At least in your case it didn't.I voted this morning. It took a while because the ballot was 4 pages long! No line though.
But I think almost everyplace, with or without early voting, has absentee voting, which is quite accessible.
I voted by mail last week. Good thing too...found out our polling place is a mortuary up the street!
The line issue is why the fill in the dots and scan method is best. Because with that you can put up essentially an unlimited number of voting places, since all you need is a table, chairs a pen and some cardboard. Plus it does give a record that if need be could be hand counted. when done you just put the ballot into the scanning machine.I guess it depends heavily on where one lives and how many machines and staff they have. The first day of early voting here, the line was out the door to the sidewalk so we didn't stop. Several days later the initial rush was over (as I thought/hoped it would) and I was in & out in 20 minutes or so. Had the lines stayed long we would have waited until today.
You can write in a candidate, even if it may appear pointless.I first voted nearly 50 years ago (1968). I will not vote in the current election as none of the candidates that I have to consider are worthy of my vote. I am considering complete retirement from voting.
I'll have to go along with whoever you folks vote in. I don't expect any of it will directly affect me anyway.
Yes, but... The judges who hand out the ballots and make sure you are alive are still a constraint. That's where our line was. They set up a bunch of tables for people to fill in. Not a problem (although some wanted to wait for booths for privacy). But handing out the ballots takes time.The line issue is why the fill in the dots and scan method is best. Because with that you can put up essentially an unlimited number of voting places, since all you need is a table, chairs a pen and some cardboard. Plus it does give a record that if need be could be hand counted. when done you just put the ballot into the scanning machine.