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U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience?

Posted by timothy on from the meet-the-new-boss dept.

Today is Election Day in the U.S., and polls are open even in Hawaii now. The current Slashdot poll gives a snapshot of how many readers have voted or plan to vote; more rigorous and wide-based polls are easy to find. If you're taking part in today's election, what have you found? Did you or will you vote electronically, or on paper? How long did you wait to vote? Did you vote weeks ago by mail? How much time did you put into making your choices? It would be helpful if in comments you start the subject of your post with your 2-letter state abbreviation, like this: "TX - About to go get in line to push some buttons."

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  1. Re:GA- not allowed to vote due to id problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I said oh well, not like voting matters anyhow due to electoral college bullshit and went home"

    I'm so glad you didn't vote. Uneducated people shouldn't vote.

  2. Re:My experience... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Waited 15 minutes in line and then voted electronically on a diebold machine with no apparent problems.

    That's the biggest issue with those machines: Any problems with them aren't apparent.

  3. Re:SC - 1 1/2 hour wait. not too bad by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One and a half hour?!? In a developed country, that has had democracy for more than two hundred years?

    How is this even remotely acceptable in what is supposedly a bastion of democracy?