Official "how long did it take you to vote" thread

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:12 am

Let's see who waited in line the longest. Here's mine:

1 hour, 2 minutes. Durham, NC.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:18 am

Somewhere just over an hour. I am not sure how long.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:20 am

I waited in line for 0 minutes. I walked in, got my ballot, voted, and made my egress, all in less than 5 minutes.

The old ladies running the joint were very efficient.

Eco-Logic · Post by **Eco-Logic** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:22 am

45 minutes, Chattanooga, TN

gellar · Post by **gellar** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:23 am

Absentee. I pwn.

gellar

ScaryMike · Post by **ScaryMike** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:24 am

Less than 10 minutes including registration (just moved).

Middleton, WI

Boudreaux · Post by **Boudreaux** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:27 am

Our voting place had two lines set up, those with last names starting with "A-K" and last names starting with "L-Z". Oddly, while the "A-K" line was about 50 people deep, the "L-Z" line had one person in it. Lucky me. I only ended up waiting a minute or two to get signed in and get my ballot. I spent more time actually voting than waiting in line.

Then, on the way out, free orange juice and Krispy Kremes. Bonus!

Grievous Angel · Post by **Grievous Angel** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:29 am

2 minutes waiting for the ballot, 10 minutes voting. Glad I could get it done in the morning, because it's going to suck tonight after work.

Crabbs · Post by **Crabbs** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:37 am

About 15 minutes.

jblank · Post by **jblank** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:39 am

From the time I got there (7:50, out polls open at 8:00), to the time I left, it was about 20 minutes.

slambie · Post by **slambie** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:47 am

Absentee voter....no waiting.

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:48 am

One hour, twenty minutes. And we were there when the polls opened at 7am.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:50 am

It took two hours!

A friend of mine actually had "observers" from both parties hovering over her when she got to the registration table in her district. I wish I had them in my district so I could have told them to get the fuck out of my face.

WAW · Post by **WAW** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:55 am

The first time took 3 min .

Almost got killed in the parking lot . Small nearly blind old people with big ass cars.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:59 am

The first time?? Arrest that man!

setaside · Post by **setaside** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:04 pm

I got there at 6:10. It took an hour and 15 minutes to get in and out. And it's only getting worse from what I've read here locally.

Post by **godhugh** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:06 pm

Grievous Angel wrote:2 minutes waiting for the ballot, 10 minutes voting. Glad I could get it done in the morning, because it's going to suck tonight after work.

Just wanted to say, great avatar GA

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I'm going to vote around noon, hopefully the lines won't be too long since it's drizzling here.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:08 pm

godhugh wrote:
Grievous Angel wrote:2 minutes waiting for the ballot, 10 minutes voting. Glad I could get it done in the morning, because it's going to suck tonight after work.
Just wanted to say, great avatar GA .

I was thinking this would be a more fitting avatar for GA:

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:22 pm

Ibby · Post by **Ibby** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:22 pm

It took me less than 5 minutes. I spent more time walking to and from the parkinglot than I did waiting to vote. Go Libertarians!

Mitma · Post by **Mitma** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:31 pm

it took about 10 minutes. there was only one person in line in front of me. i went at 11.

Steron · Post by **Steron** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:43 pm

15 minutes.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:46 pm

I got there at 6:50 and left at 8:00. It was ok because I had my mixed CD of protest music. Good times.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:48 pm

No wait for me.

Sometimes living in a small town doesn't suck.

I've never actually been in a voting booth. All we have are scan trons with #2 pencils on some tables.

I hardly ever know who the state judges are, so I choose the one with the coolest sounding name.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:49 pm

In line at 7:30am, around 10 minutes. Voting, around 8 minutes (like 30 yes/no judge retention votes and those are the most important to me and they're the hardest to fucking read/select).

So total, around 18 minutes. Oh, and 15 seconds for walking across the street to get there. 8) Sheesh, what hoops I have to jump through to vote.

flycatcher · Post by **flycatcher** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:58 pm

About 15 minutes for me.

Mookee · Post by **Mookee** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:40 pm

10 minutes. Nevada had a big push for early voting this year which was a big factor, I'm sure.

Grievous Angel · Post by **Grievous Angel** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:51 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:
godhugh wrote:
Grievous Angel wrote:2 minutes waiting for the ballot, 10 minutes voting. Glad I could get it done in the morning, because it's going to suck tonight after work.
Just wanted to say, great avatar GA .

I was thinking this would be a more fitting avatar for GA:

I thought about it but figured I'd instead use the avatar to promote my latest purchase or music I'm digging at the moment. Rest assured, GP will have his day.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:53 pm

About an hour and ten minutes. My polling place is about a block from the busiest freeway in L.A. and it seems everyone figured on stopping in before they headed in to work.

Two observations:

1) There's a lot of Asian people in my neighborhood, and
2) I'm taller than most of them.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:02 pm

THe wife with baby took about 1 hour/15min to vote today. Out in Pfafftown, NC.

Guy Incognito · Post by **Guy Incognito** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:08 pm

Mid-Missouri. No wait, filled out ballot and left in all of 5 minutes. 20 minute drive from work then the 20 minute drive back took the majority of my time

wanderingoutlaw · Post by **wanderingoutlaw** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:18 pm

1 hour 50 minutes from getting in line to casting my vote. When I left at 9:00 am, the line still looked to be an hour long.

Coskesh · Post by **Coskesh** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:21 pm

After 30 mins standing in line (around 8am) they said it was gonna be another 1.5 hrs in line. I left, will try back this evening after classes.

Two Sheds · Post by **Two Sheds** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:23 pm

About 25 minutes, including the 10 minute walk there from my apartment.

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:30 pm

About an hour. The lines didn't seem very long but also didn't move very fast. Fortunately, I had good company for the wait. Also, I enjoyed being the garrulous freak in line who asks stupid questions like, "Why is there no security? What if I freaked out and started beating up people who weren't voting my way? Who's going to take me down- the 6 ancient senior citizens in charge here? Because I could totally take them."

Neal is a good person for putting up with me.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:34 pm

Took me about an hour, too, but it went by pretty quickly. There was a crazy lady in line behind me spewing all these "what if" scenarios. My favorite was when she said something like, "Who'd stop me if I started beating up folks who weren't voting my way?" There were like 100 people in line around us, I'm pretty sure, lady, that *someone* could have kept you from beating up fellow voters.

~Neal

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:34 pm

About 40 minutes. I was pretty pleased.

PR_GMR · Post by **PR_GMR** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:36 pm

Took me about 20 mins to vote... at Towson High School here in Baltimore. Turned out the High School is just around the corner where I live.

Drove there. Got my electronic voter card. Was in line for 10 minutes. Voted on one of the new electronic ballot machines. Turned in the voter card. Got a sticker that says 'I Voted'. And I was out of there.

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:37 pm

The Meal wrote:There were like 100 people in line around us, I'm pretty sure, lady, that *someone* could have kept you from beating up fellow voters.

~Neal

Oh, right... like I couldn't have taken that pregnant lady? Or the old guy with the cane? Please.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:39 pm