How long was the wait?

[Ed62]

The polls opened this morning at 6 o'clock. I got there at 6:17. I was out the door by 6:37. 20 minutes in an election like this is a dream come true! How long did you wait?

Ed

[jziegler]

In and out in less than 5 mintues, and I went around 7:40 this morning. And there were more people there than I usually see.

I live in a small town (around 5000 people) that has 4 voting precints, and normally relatively low turnout. The roll books aren't all that big either.

Jim

[cgallery]

Polls opened 7:00am here. I was in line at 7:00, done by 7:17.

[LarryG]

In line at 6:35, polls opened at 7:00, the dashboard clock read 7:07 as I started the car to leave.

We were about 20th in line; by the time the doors opened, there were about 150-200 waiting. Our polling place is in a semi-rural area where a lot of the country folk vote early in the day, but this was still a bit heavier than normal.

[jackellis]

I marked my ballot last night with a beer in hand and the initiative materials spread out in front of me. Serious thinking takes serious beer. Mine was a stout.

Took about an hour of heavy thinking and a little Internet research. LOML will deliver the ballots this morning.

[MikeMcCoy]

I got there just as the doors opened at 6:00 and I was out right at 6:15 but I'm in a real rural area.

[crokett]

I will vote mid-morning. In theory between the rush from the folks on their way to work and the rush at lunch. Either way I will go expecting a long wait.

[bthorne]

Got to the polls this morning at 5:45. There were over a hundred people ahead of us. Polls opened at 6:00. By then, we were in the front 1/3 of the line. It was 6:48 when I got back to my car, so about a 45 minute wait after the polls opened.

Glad I got there early. My district's pretty rural too, although most people there probably commute into Charlottesville, and can't vote during the day.

Bryan

[Uncle Cracker]

Half an hour here... Much of that was spent waiting at the sign-in table, then waiting to get my ballots, then waiting for an open booth, then waiting to turn in my completed ballot... Sigh...

[Coachman]

I just finished voting (1045), the wait was about 10-15 minutes. They are doing brisk business steady stream of people coming in.

Steve

[ars_lurker]

In at 8:00am. Plenty of helpful volunteers on hand and a steady stream of people coming in to vote. No lines though. Signed in, got checked off, filled out the ballot and put it in the box. Out by 8:08am.

Small town of about 3000. They were expecting a record turnout.

[Gator95]

Suprisingly short line, about the same as the 2006 elections. Was in and out in less than half and hour.

[dbhost]

2 hours 45 minutes before I got to the machine. 2 minutes at the machine. I was NOT expecting the lines we got. I have never seen that many people wanting to vote ever...

[jaybee]

can't vote during the day.

Bryan

Something which I will never get used to hearing - we have federal legislation which forces all employers to provide at least 3 consecutive hours to vote, at the employers expense if necessary.

[jackellis]

Oops. Turns out we have to deliver ballots in person. It's three blocks to the polling place, where the room was EMPTY. Apparently a lot of the folks in our neighborhood sent for mail-in ballots and either mailed them in or dropped them off as we did.

Busy polling places are a good sign, even if the long lines are inconvenient for some.