Me: Ireland - Approximately 2 minutes until poll in hand is the longest.
I’ve been seeing long lines for the US elections even for early voting. Seems completely unnecessary.
Oregon here 0 minutes. My ballot is delivered in the mail and I can drop it off at the post office or ballot drop box.
Colorado, same. I voted 3 weeks ago.
You can even stick it back into your mail box (with the flag up), and the mail man should pick it up.
Man I wish, we have to go to the post office to get mail in my town. They don’t deliver to houses.
7 hours. People were showing up with pizza and sandwiches for everyone in line. It really destroyed my faith in my local government but built my sense of community.
I think you hold the record so far!
Edit: also fair play to you for sticking it out.
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poll workers actually came out and designated someone as the last voter
I did wonder about this. That’s cool to know and seems like a fair way to run it if you’re in the line before the station closes. Thanks for the insight.
Awesome about Rosario Dawson too!
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They cheat to win however they can.
From the outside looking it it does appear that way but it seems so…un-American. I’ve spent a decent bit of time over there over the course of my life (north of 6 months total, mostly up and down both coasts) and I’m genuinely very fond of the US and its people and that has given me this internal sense of what “un-American” is if that isn’t a ludicrous statement.
The whole “rig things to your advantage” thing is really mask off at this point and I’m surprised that it’s tolerated.
It’s by state, and would never be tolerated where I live.
Unfortunately it seems to be a systemic issue with certain states. At one point several had federally monitored elections to prevent shenanigans but I don’t know if that’s true anymore
England - never been a line. The only thing I’ve ever had to wait for is for the bod manning the polling station to find my name on the list and hand me a voting slip. In and out in a couple of minutes.
40 minutes, once, in 2015, Canada.
Usually, 2-5 minutes.
3 hour wait to vote for Obama. Since then it’s been 20-30 minutes every time.
About 15 minutes, this morning in Wilmington, NC. In previous elections here, I’ve walked in and voted immediately, with no line
I’m gonna grasp at that being positive. My favourite band at a ripe old age, Sylvan Esso, are from NC.
I discovered Sylvan Esso a few days ago and they are fantastic.
Also, The Dø
Thanks will check then out.
If you get the chance, Sylvan Esso are incredible live. Seen them a few times now.
I once waited half an hour for voting, because I foolishly decided to vote just when Sunday mass was over (we vote on Sundays, and my polling station was right across the church). Never made that mistake again, waiting time is usually five to ten minutes.
Location: Germany
I had to queue for about 5 minutes for the EU referendum in the UK.
Yeah, but you lot like queueing, like it’s the national pastime.
We are the World Champions at it.
Maybe 30 to 45 minutes in Merritt Island, Florida, back in 2004.
It was my first time voting, and I went with my parents after they were home from work, so it’s likely that that was the longest anyone there waited.
I’ve lived all over central Florida since, and have never had to wait at all, but that’s mostly because I do Early Voting or even Vote By Mail now.
Just got back from voting, no wait. It’s about a 10 minute walk from my house to the polling place. They had 3 lanes open for people to check in, only 1 was occupied. I was in and out in under 5 minutes. Longest I’ve ever had to wait was probably 45-60 minutes in 2016 but that was at a different polling place that was always poorly organized.
Two and a half hours early voting in Chicago
- Mail in ballot for every single election.
Ive heard some people locally take at most 30 mins.
10 minutes, from leaving home to getting back to home, by foot. I have always had a polling place withing walking distance, and have never seen a line more than a few people.
I lived in a city of 25,000 people, a city of 200,000 people, and a city of 10,000 people, all in western NY.
I always vote before 8am.
About an hour. New Zealand. Things weren’t well-organised that day.
