Question for Americans
Nov. 3rd, 2008 08:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pyatWhy are voting lines in the U.S. so long? I'm reading about six hour waits in some early voting places, and I seem to recall tales of "lines around the block" in the last election. Are there only a small number of voting stations?
I've never heard anyone up here complain about waiting in line to vote - or, if they did it was a matter of "It took me 15 minutes to get to the polling station! What a mad house!" sort of thing.
Do we do things differently, or is this just a matter of freak incidents getting media attention?
I've never heard anyone up here complain about waiting in line to vote - or, if they did it was a matter of "It took me 15 minutes to get to the polling station! What a mad house!" sort of thing.
Do we do things differently, or is this just a matter of freak incidents getting media attention?
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Date: 2008-11-04 07:02 am (UTC)36000 have voted early. Another 35000-40000 are expected on Election Day itself. So nearly half of the expected voters have already cast their votes.
What's more, there are just over 104000 registered voters for the county. That means we're getting something in the neighborhood of 70-75% turnout. Unprecedented.
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Date: 2008-11-04 12:41 pm (UTC)