How long was your line?

2 hours, 1 hour, 50 minutes.....my friends and family are reporting how long it took them to vote this morning. I said to my colleague who came in saying it took her 30 minutes to vote, "well that's nothing", to which she replied "right but it was exactly 28 minutes longer than it took last time!"

So now the gamble is.....which lines will be longer....the ones BEFORE work or the ones AFTER work? I'm telling anyone I know to head to their polls right before or right after lunch.  I've only heard one incident of voter suppression so far, about someone being turned away from a poll in a western suburb because they couldn't speak English. 

Remember to look for poll watchers who should be 100 feet from the door of your polling place by law or call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you witness or encounter a problem voting - this is a non-partisan voter protection organization. (http://www.866ourvote.org/state/)

Voting lines

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 4, 2008 - 11:03am.

I voted in South Minneapolis..only waited in line for about half an hour

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2 hours

Submitted by Annie (not verified) on November 4, 2008 - 11:44am.

My wait was almost exactly two hours from when we entered the line to when we finished voting. I think it was about 30 minutes in 2004.

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waited 90min in prospect park

Submitted by Marian Cieslak (not verified) on November 4, 2008 - 1:09pm.

Long line and only one machine in prospect park but people were cheery from 7:10 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. when i got out of there. They needed a few more black pens to fill in ballots though.

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No wait at all.

Submitted by Jonathan (not verified) on November 5, 2008 - 10:55am.

Walked over the couple of blocks from my house thinking there would be no parking (on my way home from work) and found almost no one around. 10 people voting and no line at all. I was quite surprised.

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20 min in fridley

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 12, 2008 - 8:04pm.

about 20 minutes total. 7:10am in Fridley, MN

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