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Thread #115900   Message #2484591
Posted By: GUEST,Neil D
04-Nov-08 - 12:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lines at the Polls
Subject: RE: BS: Lines at the Polls
Our polls in Ohio opened at 6:30. I got to mine at 6:35 and waited in line 30 minutes and by timing voters and counting heads estimated it would be another 50 minutes to vote. I had to get to work and besides I couldn't stand much longer on my bad leg. I will try again tonight fortified with painkillers and a camp chair. I certainly don't want to miss out on helping to make history.
   On my way to work I passed 3 other polling places all busier than mine. Probably 200 or 300 at each site. Two of those were also located in my small town (5000 people plus a surrounding township).
This has to be the greatest turnout of all time, not only in total votes, but in percenatage of the population voting.