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[Jim Allman <jim AT ibang.com>]

On Nov 2, 2004, at 11:26 AM, Edward Wesolowski wrote:
> The poll workers seemed very well prepared, and, like I say, the whole 
> process was very smooth. ...now I wonder are other folks having the 
> same experience around the state and beyond?

Not so smooth in Granville County. We voted this morning at Wilton 
Elementary, and it took 2 hrs 40min (!) from start to finish. (When we 
entered the line around 10:30, our neighbors were just leaving, and 
they'd arrived at 7:30. So the delay seems to be consistent.) The vote 
counter was in the mid-700s when we left.

Still, it was fun. Everyone was in a pretty good mood, the weather was 
breezy, and a few local candidates were chatting up the line outside.

Why such long delays? This area is growing fast, and the local election 
folks never seem to anticipate it. Our poll workers are nice, but kinda 
slow and disorganized. We saw lots of little changes that could have 
helped to move the lines along, or helped them to look up names more 
quickly. I'm going to check into volunteering next time around..

  =jimA=

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