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  • From: Chris Grindstaff <chris AT gstaff.org>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Voting experiences
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:29:02 -0500

Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 11:06:19 AM, you wrote:

DD> Well, I just had an excellent voting experience -- at my polling place,
DD> it usually takes me about one minute to vote, due to pretty low
DD> turnout. Today, it took 20 minutes! There were lots of people there,
DD> and the poll workers did some smart things to move the line along (the
DD> guy manning the optical scan machine handed out markers for people to
DD> mark their ballots in other areas, which relieved the bottleneck of the
DD> 10 carrels). I only saw one voter look at the line and decide to come
DD> back later. Everyone seemed cheerful. Whatever the outcome, I think
DD> this election has been good for our democracy.

In North Raleigh (off Norwood) it took me 45 minutes, I arrived at
7:50am. From talking with the poll volunteers the lines were much
worse at 6:30 am. Apparently there was a line at 5:00 am!

Chris
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Chris Grindstaff | http://gstaff.org





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