Queueing to vote...

[denorios]

This may seem a particularly random question, but is it a fairly common occurrence to have a queue for some length of time to vote in the States?

I ask because I see quite a lot of newspaper reports already mentioning queues at polling stations, and mystic829 was mentioning on Facebook the other day about queueing for two hours to vote. And I have never

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[ethrosdemon]

I have never waited longer than ten minutes to vote. A lot of the lines not in the hurricane zone are because so many people voted early this year and you could only vote early in one place per county, in the county seat.

[khallandra]

Yeah here they have two polling booths in our town (schools usually) as voting is mandatory, so there are two places to go, apparently gets slight lines in the morning, but by lunch/mid afternoon it's quiet and an in-out type thing. Part I hate most is the people trying to give me pamphlets at the gates, they are so pushy. One guy put his arms out so I couldn't get past, he lowered them what I must have given him the 'do not mess with me I will knee you in your exposed groin' as I went past him he made some comment that I had to resist elbowing him in the head as I walked past.
But yeah despite that, usually in-straight up, get your name signed off then straight to a booth that is always way too small for the massive ballot sheet they give you ;)

[fritti13]

I waited in line for an hour

[linderhill]

I spent over two hours in line to vote in Northern Virginia. I've lived in this town for over 10 years and this has been the longest I've ever had to wait to vote. I've never seen a turn out like this at my voting place. I'm guessing its because I'm in one of those "swing states."

[cabooklover]

I waited in line for 30 minutes and live in the San Fernando Valley.

The lines seem to happen in large urban areas, heavy with minorities (who tend to vote Democrat). Coincidence? I think not. Disenfranchisement is alive and well here in the USA.