First let me say this thread is NOT to be a political discussion, comparison, etc. Rather, its purpose is for us Americans who will be voting tomorrow (or perhaps already have. I'm interested in hearing about how long of a wait you might experience, what problems you may have run into and so on...

Again, this is not about who anyone votes for, but just the voting experience tomorrow...



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Bill in Dayton

Voted several days ago.

Past years voted with absentee ballots because I was usually in Vegas this time of year for a trade show, amongst other things like a fling at the poker tables.

Jerry

Walked in the polling place at 6:50am...

Took about 15 minutes to correct being placed in the wrong precinct line..

Wife and I were both were finished 7:40am...

Not THAT crowded here in Miami County, Ohio...

And, I got a sticker, too!

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Bill in Dayton

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Early voter about a week ago. Took my wife and I about 1 hour. This is in northern suburbs of Atlanta, where waits of up to TEN hours were experienced in Gwinnett County. There were charges of there being fewer machines per voter in the poorer precincts. There were similar charges in VA.

chas

Oh yeah, I got a sticker too. just says, "GA voter".

Listening to talk radio this morning, they said the lines in New York went forever. Long waits!

My precinct in SE Florida: No lines. More voting booths (desks,really) than people. In and out in 5 minutes.

A poll worker said, "Unlike the early voting, there have been no long lines or waits today".

Are we all using the same voting equipment? Here, you fill in the blanks on a form at a semi-private type desk. Then march your ballot over to a machine that looks like a copy machine. You feed the ballot into the machine and its over.

We have used so many different voting procedures here in recent years I just wonder what procedure other areas of the country use.
Eddie

Bill, do you live near Miami University? Square D had a factory near there...Oxford, Ohio, I think. I visited thee often in the 80's, when I actually had a job.


Russ

Hey Russ-

I live a little over an hour North of Miami
Univ. Beautiful area gorgeous campus without a doubt.

I've done a few corporate functions on campus, which were lots of fun...

Really pretty drive down there during the fall...



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Bill in Dayton

sorry...double post

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I just wanted to say how proud I am to be an American today and how fortunate I was for the honor and privilege to vote for my next president and senators.

What?

Is there an election on???

Must have missed that!

I went at 2 in the afternoon. There were no lines and I was out of ther ten minutes later.

Tom

My polling place is 5 min from my house ... I left at 9:10AM and was back home at 9:25AM ...

I heard the Gov of NJ stood in line for 1 1/2 hours to vote ... just like normal folk ...

t.

Me too, except I did not vote for my next President OR Senators, but apparently others did ...
t.

Can anyone explain why every state does not have the same voting system, and how voting 'equipment' is allotted?
While there was no line at the time I went, there have been other years, and we had a number of "booths/tables" to make our selections, but only one machine to put the card in ... and chas, our town is not a 'poor' community ...

t.

It took longer to drive to the polling place than it did to vote. In and out in less than 5 minutes.

Gary

I got up early today..to vote...and found out the election was yesterday...

Did early voting last Saturday.

Went to a library on the North side of Fort Pierce Florida. There were two people in line ahead of us, waited about 3 minutes to vote.

Filled in the bubbles in the optically scanned ballot and fed it into something that looked like a shredder

No problems at all.

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Bob "Notes" Norton
Owner Norton Music http://www.nortonmusic.com
The Sophisticats http://www.s-cats.com

I've heard stories this morning of the lines to buy a newspapers taking longer to move through than the voting lines did ...



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Bill in Dayton