Stop in for a cup of coffee

Stop in for a cup of coffee

Good Morning!
It is so nice to be here (home) typing on FABO instead of being "Judge" running the polling station.

dukeboy_318 said
Well, I just got back from voting. I'll say this, I don't know who will win but I've been voting at 6am for nearly 15 years. I've never seen as many people in line as today. Usually I'm one of the first 3-4 to vote, I got there at 545, already 50 people in line, another 100 by the time I got to vote when the doors opened. We only have 1187 registered voters in my precinct, usually average about 250-300 voting. If I recall right, 2016, we had just over 300 vote, I bet you we had half that today by 615

Opening time is always a problem when more than a handful are waiting to sign in. Its impossible to clear the line because the math doesn't add up. We just try to be as efficient as possible and ask people to be patient. Its like this. Sign in takes 1 to 2 minutes. Voting on the manchine takes people 1-5 minutes depending on the voter and how many offices and questions are on the ballot. We have two voting machines. If there are 10 people in line at opening, the voter number 11 will have to wait around 15 minutes before its his/her turn to sign in. But it always takes longer for people to vote than sign in. So even with two machines, number 11 ends up waiting another 5 minutes. If there are 20 people in line at opening, the time to get to the 21s will be twice it was for 11.
Showing up a half hour after opening is usually better because we've cleared the backlog created by people lining up before opening. Ironic isn't it.

ZMan67S said
That's good, a good turnout is always good. Pisses me off when I hear only 60% (or less) registered voters voted in an election.

If it makes you feel better, these numbers are not quite as bad as it the percentage because its based on the list of registered voters.
The voting records always include people who have moved and have not reregistered in the state. So in an area with high residential turnover, college areas, bases, etc, there's a really high percentage of registered votors who no longer live in the division. That's why the local election board (the people who sign voters in) is really important. If someone shows up who has moved, we know that. We can let them vote and register their move (in state only), or if they have gone overseas, they can continue to vote. More important, if anyone comes in pretending to be one of these moved/dead/etc since we live here, we're going to know it. (Never actually had that attempted)