<p>I am in the must win city/county and the line was very surprisingly short. </p>
<p>In 2008, it took me more than 1 hour to complete the process, including about 30 minutes outside the building. </p>
<p>So I got there early this Am with several layers of clothing. Walked straight into the building with about 20 people in front of me. The whole process took about 20 minutes.</p>
<p>Just saw Boyxs3’s post. So what I experienced was not unusal this time.</p>
<p>One person in front of me- poll workers said it had been a steady flow and good turnout-</p>
<p>Short line. I voted a straight ticket and there were no ballot issues so I was in and out in no time, unlike DH who had to rescind his absentee ballot.</p>
<p>We got there around noon and there was no line at all.</p>
<p>I don’t get it, do other places just not have enough polling places? We never ever have a line. I spent longer talking to friends than standing in lines. The only reason I waited at all was the person in front of me was listed under her old address instead of her new one.</p>
<p>Arrived at 7:10 out by 7:45. In CA we vote on paper, so I just checked to see the ink dots were filled in.</p>
<p>45 minutes at 6:45am, but I’d guess at least 15 of that was the checkin by an adorable,but blind poll worker. If your last name was a-j or s-z you had no checkin line.</p>
<p>This is a swing state.</p>
<p>Ohio, 12th to vote at 6:30 am and then when I left I passed a very long line…</p>
<p>mathmom, can’t get political but some allege that machines are kept at a low number so that lines are longer so as to discourage voting at some precincts frequented by the “wrong kinds.”</p>
<p>I vote at polling location for two different voting precincts. My precinct had a line of 10 people … it took me 5 minutes to vote. The other precinct had a couple hundred people in line … it looked like a 45-60 minute line.</p>
<p>No line, inner suburb, non swing state. There will probably be a bit more of a line later in the day, but I doubt anyone will have to wait more than 10 minutes or so.</p>
<p>We are in a battleground state, Virginia, specifically the DC exurburbs. We are told that our county specifically is key (who knows if that’s true). Lines were 2hours when they opened at 6am, and have continued to waiver between 1-2 hours all day. I waited 1.5 hours with S1 around noon. There are plenty of polling stations locally who have similar waits. There are reports of waits up to 5hours in other parts of the state. Yes, people are waiting. We have endured calls, mailings, tv ads, and now it’s our turn to finally have our say.</p>
<p>Voted here in Ohio just after 3:30 pm with basically no wait but a steady stream of people coming in and many machines open. A friend working that polling place told me they had at least 3 “swarms” of people with lines so far today.</p>
<p>Voted at about noon in upstate NY. No line.</p>
<p>I always vote before work - shortly after the polls open at 7:00. This morning (here in suburban San Diego) there was only a short line ahead of me, but a bigger crowd was pouring in as I walked out after voting. </p>
<p>One ritual we have here in CA is that when a polling place opens the first voter in line is called forward and asked to look in the ballot box and then attest by signing a statement that there were no ballots already in the box. The box is then sealed and the voting begins.</p>
<p>no line at all. NJ but I am in a republican county/town</p>
<p>I remember when I lived in Orange County our polling place was someone’s garage. (I was always amazed that anyone could have such a clean garage.) Where I live now most polling places are fire halls, churches, and the like. Slate has a photo essay of some of the more unusual polling places in the country–
[Voting</a> 2012: Michael Mergen photographs polling stations in casinos, shopping malls, and arcades (PHOTOS).](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/11/06/voting_2012_michael_mergen_photographs_polling_stations_in_casinos_shopping.html]Voting”>Voting 2012: Michael Mergen photographs polling stations in casinos, shopping malls, and arcades (PHOTOS).)</p>
<p>Suburban, non-swing state (boy are we non swing). No lines, no wait</p>
<p>No line but lots of activity. We’re not a swing state but at least I can feel that my vote cancels out that of my next door neighbor, who is a wonderful person but terribly misguided politically!</p>
<p>There were two people in front of me at 4 pm.</p>