Analogman Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 This time, no one was asked to show ID or a voter's card, but, they did have people sign a paper slip - which had the person's signature on it. Then, a perforated bar coded tab from that sheet was broken off and taken with the voter - and after voting, the perforated tab of paper was given to a poll worker on the way out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 This time, no one was not asked to show ID or a voter's card, but, they did have people sign a paper slip - which had the person's signature on it. Then, a perforated bar coded tab from that sheet was broken off and taken with the voter - and after voting, the perforated tab of paper was given to a poll worker on the way out. that's how it's done in Joisey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Not long, as you can see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 This time, no one was asked to show ID or a voter's card, but, they did have people sign a paper slip - which had the person's signature on it. Then, a perforated bar coded tab from that sheet was broken off and taken with the voter - and after voting, the perforated tab of paper was given to a poll worker on the way out.It's so interesting to hear all the different methods of voting. We only had the touch screens when I early voted last week, but if I voted today I would've had the paper option as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Not long, as you can see. Cool!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 It's so interesting to hear all the different methods of voting. We only had the touch screens when I early voted last week, but if I voted today I would've had the paper option as well.We have new ones down here like a scrantron. You fill in the ovals with a black pen and then send it through a machine. It was easy but you don't get any kind of confirmation from the machine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 We have new ones down here like a scrantron. You fill in the ovals with a black pen and then send it through a machine. It was easy but you don't get any kind of confirmation from the machine.That's what absentee ballots were like here when I did one a few years ago. I just trusted that it got somewhere and was counted properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I waited 0 minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maghtee Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I walked to my local polling place in Seal Beach, and passed three other voting locations on my five minute walk. The whole process took ten minutes with no lines. It's funny how easy they make it in affluent neighborhoods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Ten minutes or so in line. Touch screen voting. I accidentally hit the wrong candidate on one of the local things but you can touch it again to make the right choice and it reprints it over on the little receipt printer thing. I wonder if I just stood there voting, unvoting, revoting, unvoting...over and over again, if they'd even count my ballot or if they'd just thing I was a jerk and didn't deserve to be counted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Hope Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I waited only about 30 minutes... I did go during mid-day 3-ish, then back to work... Covington, Georgia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Rural Connecticut. No wait. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 We have new ones down here like a scrantron. You fill in the ovals with a black pen and then send it through a machine. It was easy but you don't get any kind of confirmation from the machine.We had the same kind - small town in Central MA next to Worcester no wait at 4:30p. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zebra Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 City: Mesa, AZ 12:30pm - I had no line; I just walked in.06:00am - My brother waited 30 minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I voted absentee by mail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plasticeyeball Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 only long enough for them to find my name in the book. no lines in mayberry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I walked directly up to the table and then directly to the voting booth. Around 9:30ish, sometime after I broke my car. :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Voting is so boring compared to the all the excitement @ the Obama rallies I went to. Had the sterile well lit nursing home feel. Nobody under 70 was working the place.There were only 10 people voting with me(gotta love rural MO). 1 minute-paper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 The parking lot of the community center where I vote was jam-packed (I actually had to park in the grass), but I guess it's the polling place for two different districts and most of the traffic was for the other district. I only had to wait a minute or so. The whole trip there and back took maybe 15 minutes, if that. Our booth was the old school pull the lever kind, with a lovely green and blue plaid curtain. The place where I voted is touted as "the hamlet of Varna" on the signs (), but it's only a mile or so from the Cornell campus, in the country outside of Ithaca. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Had the sterile well lit nursing home feel. Nobody under 70 was working the place. Same. And my friend and I high-fived each other on our way out. I think the old peeps thought we were craZZZy...ahahahahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thecowboyangel Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 No wait at all today here in Greenfield (Milwaukee suburb). Last time around I was in Riverwest (in Milwaukee) and the wait was an hour. Kinda like the new place, much smoother running of the polling site. Yes the workers are much older, and you can tell they've done this before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Same. And my friend and I high-fived each other on our way out. I think the old peeps thought we were craZZZy...ahahahahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foolnrain97 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 On Monday I spent over two hours in line. I think it took less than 2 1/2 total, but I'm not really sure when I got there(Franklin County. OH, in-person absentee). I was going to try to "vote often" but because the line was longer when I left, I decided to not waste all day in lines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Zero wait time, 9:15 am, Mechanicsville, Virginia. Paper fill-in-the-circle ballot. No black panthers or Obama supporters. Couple of middle-aged McCain guys outside offering "sample ballots." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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