Voter Turnouts

[Stone]

How are the turnouts at your precincts?

At mine, it looks like it might be a record turnout. A very long line but seemed to move relatively quick.
I even noticed a larger than usual turnout of the elderly with the majority of the line being middle aged.
It was 9:40 when I voted, but there were hardly any 20 somethings in line as I left.... unlike the last Presidential election.

What are you guys seeing?

 

[AUFred]

Looks heavier than normal at my polling place.

 

[Alien Allen]

I moved so had to go to a different precint

So I have no idea how busy is normal there

I know one guy at work said there was a decent line up at his precint

Also we had a two sided ballot with tons of judges and 8 issues to vote on so that makes it a slower process

I have a feeling this is going to be a long drawn out affair with lots of shenanigans claimed by both sides with regards to the absentee ballots.

They should have voting on a weekend and make it tougher to vote absentee. No more early voting either.

 

[Kyle B]

My voting place is usually moderately busy. I won't be voting until this evening so I don't have much idea of how the turnout is today.

 

[MoonOwl]

I walked right in but I went around 10:30. PS's line may be longer as he'll be going when he gets off work.

 

[Minderella]

Was fairly decent. It's never "busy", so much so that you have to wait forever to vote.

I was #555 at about 1:30pm, and there was a full room of people at the voting booths. I would guess fairly standard for here.

 

[Jackass master]

Wife and i voted at 11:15 and were the only ones there. We were #84 and 85 and the old gals who work the registers and give the ballots said that is a heavy turnout. We are out in the sticks and only have one machine with 2 curtain booths to fill out the card. No local elections here so it was all state and federal.

 

[darkcgi]

more than usual here as well

 

[Jersey]

at 7:31am I was already #108. Not bad at all

 

[robdawg1]

i don't know what number i was but around 3pm i walked straight in and back out no wait at all....last year i went around lunch time and i stood in line for about 45 min...but we have had a record turnout for early voting so it may be why lines are shorter and quicker....

 

[Tim]

No more early voting either.

I'm just curious why you don't like early voting...

I think it would be nice to have voting for a full week so you can make sure everyone gets a chance without needing to take off or miss work.


The wife and I were voters #1000 and #1001 at 1pm in our township. That's considered very good turnout for the time it was. They said it was long lines early in the day but we only waited 5 minutes. The big rush is 5pm and later at here.

 

[AnitaBeer]

I was #368 at my poll and that was just a little after 5 so I'm guessing that number has already jumped by now because of those who worked a little later.

 

[The Man]

I showed up at about 830..it was packed..never seen it that busy before.
Some neighboring areas reported record turnouts as well

 

[Veronica]

im not sure how ours ended up.

 

[Alien Allen]

I showed up at about 830..it was packed..never seen it that busy before.
Some neighboring areas reported record turnouts as well

what state?

 

[The Man]

Mo .....

 

[Accountable]

I'm just curious why you don't like early voting...

I think it would be nice to have voting for a full week so you can make sure everyone gets a chance without needing to take off or miss work.


The wife and I were voters #1000 and #1001 at 1pm in our township. That's considered very good turnout for the time it was. They said it was long lines early in the day but we only waited 5 minutes. The big rush is 5pm and later at here.

What I don't get is why a citizen can vote at any polling place during early voting, but has to go to one specific place on election day. That makes no sense to me.

 

[Accountable]

I was #368 at my poll and that was just a little after 5 so I'm guessing that number has already jumped by now because of those who worked a little later.

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