10-11-2015, 07:17 AM
(10-11-2015, 05:35 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I did have to stand in line behind about three people. It took about a ten minute wait for those three people to be processed. I'm not complaining about a ten minute wait, but the two women behind me were. There were two clerks at the desk, and they had to wait for the previous voter to actually return with the ballot and deposit it to start registering the next voter. As with all line ups, it can be delayed if someone put his ID back in his wallet, or actually takes his voting decision while he has the ballot.
Maybe it is higher turnout, which would be a good thing. I vote in advanced polls as a matter of course, and have in the past voted without seeing another voter in the station.
I can’t remember for sure, but that sounds strange to me. My recollection, faulty though it may be, is that one voter takes their ballot and goes to the privacy box, and they immediately start checking in the next voter. I live right across the street from my election day polling place so I’ll be voting there. I’ll make a point of observing how they handle that. I can’t see why advance polls would be run differently from election day polls but maybe there is a reason.