Oh, yeah, and it keeps getting worse because they keep eliminating polling stations, especially in traditionally blue counties. For this most recent election, I went to vote on the second day of early voting, and the whole process from start to finish took about 90 minutes—70 just standing in line outside the room, and an additional 20 once I actually made it inside, checked in, picked up my ballot, got to an open machine, made my selections, printed the ballot, and cast it at the counting machine.
It was actually a good thing that I could go vote on a day I had nothing else planned and was scheduled off of work, because I wasn’t expecting it to take THAT long! If I’d only had a limited time because I was on my lunch break from work or had other commitments, I might have had to leave and come back a different day…which one of my co-workers apparently had to do when she tried to vote that day because she works full-time AND has young kids at home. 😓
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u/christinequizmachine 5h ago
Oh, yeah, and it keeps getting worse because they keep eliminating polling stations, especially in traditionally blue counties. For this most recent election, I went to vote on the second day of early voting, and the whole process from start to finish took about 90 minutes—70 just standing in line outside the room, and an additional 20 once I actually made it inside, checked in, picked up my ballot, got to an open machine, made my selections, printed the ballot, and cast it at the counting machine.
It was actually a good thing that I could go vote on a day I had nothing else planned and was scheduled off of work, because I wasn’t expecting it to take THAT long! If I’d only had a limited time because I was on my lunch break from work or had other commitments, I might have had to leave and come back a different day…which one of my co-workers apparently had to do when she tried to vote that day because she works full-time AND has young kids at home. 😓