Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Report Long Lines Here - Texas: Lines at polling places before opening but moving fast.

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High Democratic precincts were doing well this morning in Dallas. I was out and about early putting up signs and promoting down ballot races at the polls. You can follow me on Twitter today at http://twitter.com/jeffstrater


Dallas County went blue the last election cycle. Looking for it to become a darker shade of blue. Very cool since the W Library will be here and the Bush's are moving back. Cheney's also rumored to have purchased a condo in Dallas.

EDIT from Mr Super: It seems to be a good idea if we can keep track of any problem precincts around the country. We have a fair amount of media who visit this site, and reporting these lines can be a way for them to report on issues all around the country.

If you know of extremely long lines - anywhere in America - report them here in the comments section. Be sure to include the 1) city, 2) state and when possible the 3) precinct location or nearest cross streets.

So far this morning I have received reports of long lines in California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada and North Carolina.

I have specifically received word that a precinct at Pico and Fairfax in Los Angeles saw a line 3 blocks long at 7:30 AM this morning. If you haven't voted yet, please allow plenty of time today.


Posted by J. Strater at 10:48 AM

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Peter Zenger 62p · 856 weeks ago

Yesterday I dropped off my wife's absentee ballot and 10 minutes before early voting Douglas County, Nebraska had 100 people in line. Today I have interviewed two coworkers that were in line before the polls opened and they both mentioned 20-30 people in line.

Our paper, the Omaha World Herald is doing a live blog of what they are finding at polling locations:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_...
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Peter Zenger 62p · 856 weeks ago

Funny snippet from the OWH live blog: "[a voter] wore a blue Chicago biking shirt, a not-so-subtle-but-still-allowable hint of where his allegiance lies in the presidential race. (Voters are not allowed to wear candidate T-shirts or pins at polling places.)"
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tmess2 70p · 856 weeks ago

I normally vote around the same time (9:00 AM - 9:30 AM) which gives me a good measure of the early vote count in my precinct (since the precinct counter shows how many ballots have been cast). Normally, I am somewhere between 400-500. Today, I was 884. The parking lot was full, and most of the voting spaces were full, but the lines were short.

BTW, I vote in rural Missouri in a lean Democrat (55%) precinct.
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KarenAnne 67p · 856 weeks ago

Modestly short line when I voted in rural RI about 10am, but a pollworker said there had been a line waiting when the polls opened at 7am, and quite a few people had shown up by the time I left.
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Cha0s · 856 weeks ago

Things are moving along well in Hanover, NH. Waits are around 15 minutes.

State College, PA, however is another issue altogether. Apparently, though they have 8 polling locations, waits are ranging from 2 to 4 HOURS. The 8 locations are woefully understaffed (at one poll this morning, a friend told me there was only one person finding voters in the rolls).
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