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Long wait at the polls? I was in and out in less than 15 minutes
- Thread starter deb-in-mi
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My polling place was moved. When I showed up at the new site, there were at least 250
people in line. So I got in line. I was there for about a minute, and a cop came by and started yelling that if people normally voted at (my normal polling site), that we should go another block west to another site. Did that, and there was only a handful of people in line!
I was a little overwhelmed, though, having voted absentee ballot (by necessity) thus far for all of my adult life, but it was exciting. Although I did give the woman next to me a dirty look when she leaned over (INTO MY BOOTH) and asked, "What's the date today? The sixth?" REALLY, LADY?
And then I was done and went and had a doughnut. smileys/wink.gif
people in line. So I got in line. I was there for about a minute, and a cop came by and started yelling that if people normally voted at (my normal polling site), that we should go another block west to another site. Did that, and there was only a handful of people in line!
I was a little overwhelmed, though, having voted absentee ballot (by necessity) thus far for all of my adult life, but it was exciting. Although I did give the woman next to me a dirty look when she leaned over (INTO MY BOOTH) and asked, "What's the date today? The sixth?" REALLY, LADY?
And then I was done and went and had a doughnut. smileys/wink.gif
mariadnoca
Moderator
Ditto!
mariadnoca
Moderator
I miss those now that I vote absentee. smileys/frown.gif
mariadnoca
Moderator
True. However, I did like seeing neighbors at the polls
and the patriotic feeling of going there to cast my vote, but the sheer laziness and time savings of the absentee ballot won me over. smileys/smile.gif
and the patriotic feeling of going there to cast my vote, but the sheer laziness and time savings of the absentee ballot won me over. smileys/smile.gif
I agree that it was exciting. Having heard so many stories from my in-laws from when they were kid
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to vote.
On a funny note, when I was in college, my room mate and I voted in a high school gym with a REALLY long, straight line going out the door. My room mate decided that while she was behind the curtain, that she had to stand on one foot, lifting the other higher than the curtain. She did not take longer in voting, but certainly had lots of waiting people laugh and chuckle. She did a few bounces and various manuevers with her feet. Then voted, and left as if nothing happened.... Very silly sense of humor!
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to vote.
On a funny note, when I was in college, my room mate and I voted in a high school gym with a REALLY long, straight line going out the door. My room mate decided that while she was behind the curtain, that she had to stand on one foot, lifting the other higher than the curtain. She did not take longer in voting, but certainly had lots of waiting people laugh and chuckle. She did a few bounces and various manuevers with her feet. Then voted, and left as if nothing happened.... Very silly sense of humor!
richard-in-cincy
Well-known member
How sane, modern, and civilized. And I'm sure much more efficient, cheaper, and more open
to accountability! Maybe the rest of the nation will join Washington in the current century with their election processes sometime soon!
to accountability! Maybe the rest of the nation will join Washington in the current century with their election processes sometime soon!