How Long Are You Willing To Wait In Line To Vote?

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Jiro said:
maybe because it's a shitty joke? don't worry. i flushed it down the toilet.
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no you wouldnt know a good joke is it sat on yer face and broke wind, don't try to pass on yer ingnorance, be a man, or least pretend , more kudos
 
Jiro said:
ah... that's what I thought so. They tend to do that for people with disability. Boy, don't you love the perks it comes with? :laugh2: I had some special treatment too.
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Yeah, it's great. This lone liberal had the opportunity to vote before many of the Conservatives in my neighborhood. :giggle:
 
There was no line when I arrived there to vote. Thanks goodness!
 
Byrdie714 said:
Why wait in line?

Do it by mail!
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Some states (including mine) don't allow early voting except for absentee voters who can prove their reason. Even then, they have to go in person to do the absentee voting. They were in lines for 4-5 hours for absentee voting.
 
We arrived about 7:10 a.m., and were done an hour later.

In our area, if someone drives up with a handicapped person the poll worker brings a laptop computer out to the car, and the passengers can vote on the computer.

My daughter went early before work. She waited in line as long as she could but she had to leave for work. So she came back again after work but the street to the polling place was so blocked that she couldn't get in line before 7 p.m., so she wasn't allowed to vote. She was :mad:

My son-in-law stood in line from 3:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. He was able to vote. But he said that when he left, there was at least 3 hrs. of line still standing behind him. So some people were still voting even hours after the unofficial results were announced.

My daughter and son-in-law each walked to their polling place (1/2 mile from their house, at a public school). The school parking lots and grassy shoulders were full, the streets in their neighborhood, and the street leading to the polling place were full on both sides (hazardous for drivers). People even parked on the driveways of houses if they looked unoccupied.

The line of people snaked back and forth inside the school auditorium, between buildings, thru the parking lot, and out to the main street. Also, it was drizzling rain all day but people stayed.
 
I was wait in line to vote. It take me about 30 minutes. It's not bad.
 
Reba said:
In our area, if someone drives up with a handicapped person the poll worker brings a laptop computer out to the car, and the passengers can vote on the computer.
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That would be nice if this would have been available in my area. Fortunately for me and many other voters, the lines weren't long at all.

By the way, if I wasn't able to vote in this year's election, I would have been :mad: too. I had some fears that my sister would be unable to drive me to my polling place (since she works late), so I ended up going by myself instead. I later found out my sister voted around 7:00 p.m., so we were both happy that we could place our votes on time.
 
Hear Again said:
That would be nice if this would have been available in my area. Fortunately for me and many other voters, the lines weren't long at all.

By the way, if I wasn't able to vote in this year's election, I would have been :mad: too. I had some fears that my sister would be unable to drive me to my polling place (since she works late), so I ended up going by myself instead. I later found out my sister voted around 7:00 p.m., so we were both happy that we could place our votes on time.
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In the line that my son-in-law was in, an 80-year-old man collapsed after waiting for several hours. An EMS ambulance came to help him. But the man refused to leave. He said that he waited too long, and he wanted to vote. So, they got one of the poll managers to bring a portable voting machine out to the man. While lying on the gurney, he voted, then the ambulance took him away. People applauded the man.

My SIL said that shortly after that happened, people brought out bottles of water and cracker snacks to the rest of the people waiting in line. I guess they were afraid more people might start passing out.
 
Reba said:
In the line that my son-in-law was in, an 80-year-old man collapsed after waiting for several hours. An EMS ambulance came to help him. But the man refused to leave. He said that he waited too long, and he wanted to vote. So, they got one of the poll managers to bring a portable voting machine out to the man. While lying on the gurney, he voted, then the ambulance took him away. People applauded the man.
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Amazing man!
 
Reba said:
In the line that my son-in-law was in, an 80-year-old man collapsed after waiting for several hours. An EMS ambulance came to help him. But the man refused to leave. He said that he waited too long, and he wanted to vote. So, they got one of the poll managers to bring a portable voting machine out to the man. While lying on the gurney, he voted, then the ambulance took him away. People applauded the man.

My SIL said that shortly after that happened, people brought out bottles of water and cracker snacks to the rest of the people waiting in line. I guess they were afraid more people might start passing out.
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Wow, that's an interesting story. That certainly shows that old man's dedication! :)

At the poll place I went to, they had a sign that says... "If you are unable to come in, we can have someone come to you in person to vote." They had a portable voting machine for people who were disabled and it would be a hassle to get in line and get inside.
 
Reba said:
In the line that my son-in-law was in, an 80-year-old man collapsed after waiting for several hours. An EMS ambulance came to help him. But the man refused to leave. He said that he waited too long, and he wanted to vote. So, they got one of the poll managers to bring a portable voting machine out to the man. While lying on the gurney, he voted, then the ambulance took him away. People applauded the man.
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I'm glad he was able to vote.
 
This was in the newspaper about the polling place where my daughter and son-in-law went to vote:

"...poll workers estimated there were about 300 people in line shortly before 9 p.m."

I don't know what time everyone finished voting but I'm guessing it was after 10 p.m., three hours after the official closing time.
 
Reba said:
In the line that my son-in-law was in, an 80-year-old man collapsed after waiting for several hours. An EMS ambulance came to help him. But the man refused to leave. He said that he waited too long, and he wanted to vote. So, they got one of the poll managers to bring a portable voting machine out to the man. While lying on the gurney, he voted, then the ambulance took him away. People applauded the man.

My SIL said that shortly after that happened, people brought out bottles of water and cracker snacks to the rest of the people waiting in line. I guess they were afraid more people might start passing out.
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That's great, Reba.

That man should be congratulated for what he did. I wish more Americans took their right to vote as seriously as he did.
 
As I mentioned before, I was worried that the lines at my polling place would be ridiculously long, but fortunately they weren't. I only had to wait in line for about 15 minutes.

From now on though (beginning next year), I think I'm going to vote absentee.
 
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