DH and I voted after dropping DD at school. Short line, in and out in less than 15 mins. Normally there’s no line at all, so that’s good turnout for us! Poll worker said they got 150 people total for the primaries, and they’d had over 100 by 830 this morning.
Our town offered early voting, so I was able to go and vote last week. The weather is pretty miserable here, so I hope it doesn't keep people home. Our state has a governor's race and a senate seat up for grabs. Neither are what one might consider to be "hotly contested", but contested nonetheless. Results should be interesting...
I only waited in line about 5 minutes and was done voting in about 5 minutes. There was another precinct voting at the same location, and that line was much longer - probably at least a 20 minute wait. I was voter #77 (for my precinct) at around 8:15 am. I'm guessing the other precinct was already over 100 voters by then.
I voted last week. Turnout for early voting here was crazy. I anticipate today will be crazy too. I waited almost 10 minutes mid-morning on the 8th day of early voting. But we have Beto vs Cruz here. And lots of very conservative voters who want to support Trump.
Dh voted this morning. He said it wasn't too crowded. We have no reference though because we found out we have been voting in the wrong precinct for 20 years. So this one is new. I am going when I get off at 1. Dh is not a consistent voter, but I have been on him because we have a lot at stake on a state level.
we went on Saturday to vote early via absentee ballot. there were a handful of people there at the same time. I'm hoping it's a good turnout. we have a ton of important seats open here (US Senate, Governor, Attorney General, etc.)
Zero line. I checked poll locations online before I went as there are six polling locations less than ten minutes from my house and none of them had waits.
I got there 15 minutes before polls opened and there was a slight line. But, it moved quickly and I was in and out easily as soon as the polls opened. Didn't think to check what number I was since it was so early in the day. Usually i try to take the kids with me so we can talk about it, but I didn't have them this morning and it was just easier to get it done early before work.
Post by librarychica on Nov 6, 2018 12:28:42 GMT -5
H reports a slight wait (like 15 minutes) at our polling place. I vote by mail.
Early voting was slammed but there are a lot fewer polls open for that. Turnout for our state just early voting has already exceeded 2014 total turnout. It’s a contentious senate and governor race.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Nov 6, 2018 14:08:22 GMT -5
Voting was very smooth this morning at my polling location. It seemed pretty steady. This is the first year there were enough poll workers and the poll workers seemed trained/worked well together.
Post by freezorburn on Nov 6, 2018 16:37:25 GMT -5
We are completely vote by mail in my area. We don’t have polling places anymore, only drop boxes. And this year postage is free. I dropped my ballot off last week, and confirmed online the other day that my ballot has been received an tallied.
But there was a man outside my store today, who never got his ballot because he is registered to an old address, and was homeless until last week. Wasn’t sure where he should go for a provisional ballot. But he was also not keen on voting since he was also feeling a deep distrust of both parties. Sigh.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 6, 2018 16:53:38 GMT -5
I voted at the end of last week. At the beginning of last week there was a line around the block, but by the time I voted on thursday there was a steady stream in and out.
My sister voted at my precinct today and said there were retired people asking the election judge about whether they were prepared for voting machine hacking and the poll people couldn't figure out their ipads. It took her a while.