I was very lucky & it is moments like these I LOVE living in a smaller city.
It took me 20 minutes to drive to the polling place, cast my vote, check the ballot over, & drive home.

By Kathy on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 11:46 am:

I just moved to a really small town. I was right in and right out, which was nice.

By Dawnk777 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 11:52 am:

We had to wait 25 minutes. We got there around 8:00am and were done by 8:25. Usually, we are in and out, though, so this was a lot more people. Although, if our last name was M-Z, we would have been in and out! LOL! The A-L line was the long one!

By Janet on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 12:02 pm:

I had 5 minutes before I had to be at work... I got done in 4! OK, maybe that's an exaggeration, but I was in and out in less than 10 min.

By Tink on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 12:04 pm:

I only waited about 15 minutes. I thought it was going to be much worse.

By Sunny on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 12:09 pm:

I tried to time it so I wouldn't have too long of a wait. It worked, too, because I only waited a few minutes.

By Cat on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 12:29 pm:

An hour, with two 2yo's in tow. One was getting close to a melt down towards the end (because I wouldn't pick him up and hold him--he's 35lbs!!!). They did all right, though. And they got stickers, so they were happy.

By Deek on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 12:42 pm:

We live in a rural area..we got in and out in 10 minutes, but where I work is another district and they made it a voting place today..the lines have been amazing all day long..I was told there was a line at 6:30 am!!!

By Emily7 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 01:07 pm:

Cat I was thinking of you while watching the Denver 9 news. I looked at those lines & was very happy not to have to be there to vote.

By Mommmie on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 01:41 pm:

I live in Dallas and I walked right up. No wait. We had a *huge* turnout for Early Voting this year which paved the way for me to walk right up on Election Day with no wait!

By Melanie on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 02:29 pm:

No wait for me either. Including drive time, it took me 20 minutes.

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 02:42 pm:

Literally 2 minutes. We checked in an went right to the voting booth. Very quick, which was nice since I was expecting a LONG wait!

By Bellajoe on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 02:53 pm:

I guess my wait was way longer. I waited about an hour! We live in a pretty big suburb I guess. I was looking on the map of the districts. Our district is the smallest area but had the longest wait. The district with the biggest area had 3 or 4 people in line the whole time i was there. That area is mostly businesses though, not homes.

I was unpleasently surpised. There were a couple of women there who were in their forties who were talking about how this is the very first time they have ever voted. I was just thinking "Where have you been?" We have the right to vote! Why don't people do it?

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:03 pm:

We got there a few minutes before the polls opened at 6:00 this morning. There were about 30 people in line ahead of us. We were gone about 30 minutes.

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:03 pm:

We got there a few minutes before the polls opened at 6:00 this morning. There were about 30 people in line ahead of us. We were gone about 30 minutes.

By Jelygu on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:03 pm:

We only waited for twenty minutes. Of course that was because everyone in line insisted that we go ahead of them and wait under the awning because it was starting to rain and we had the baby. Sometimes people are so thoughtful!

By Kernkate on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:07 pm:

Guess being in a small town has its advantages. There was only one other person there when I went so I was at the polls all of maybe 10 minutes. Our town is so small we still have the paper ballot just fill in the ovals!!! LOL

By Cat on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:21 pm:

Emily, I'm not in Denver. I'm actually about 10 miles outside of Colorado Springs. We're about an hour south of Denver. We're in a very large (and growing) subdivision, though. There were three precincts voting at the school were I had to go. It was insane. The poor teachers and kids! They have to deal with it all day. What a disruption!

Emily, I'm 33 and this is my first time ever voting. Where have I been? Well, I registered at 18 in Michigan, but wasn't living there at the time because I was in the Air Force moving all over the place. Then I got married and we moved every 2-3 years (sometimes as little as 15 months in places) until the last move. We've been here a little over three years now. Voting for me in the past hasn't been a big deal because first of all, it was a pain in the you know what to absentee (which thankfully they've made SO much easier this year). Second, there weren't any issues that I felt so strongly about that I felt my vote would make a difference. This year is different for me, and I'll bet it's different for a lot of people. There are big issues on the line and it's going to be a close race, not only for president, but for local issues. Yes, it is our right to vote, but please don't judge people, especially when you don't know all their circumstances. I think it's great there are 18yo's out there voting for the first time. Good for them! But I also think it's great there are 30, 40, 50 and older people voting for the first time, too. It will be interesting to see what the percentage of voters will be this year.

By Kate on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:25 pm:

It took zero seconds, there was no one else there. No, it's not a small town, but it's never crowded. I don't know if it's apathy, or if we just always time it well, or what!

By Andi on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 03:54 pm:

Took about 10 minutes. Dylan was at school and Taylor was asleep in the stroller so it was really easy.

By Tunnia on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 04:14 pm:

I waited an hour and 35 minutes to vote today. My dh went before work and had a 2 hour wait.

By Monicamomof3 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 04:15 pm:

20 min!

By My2girlygirls on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 04:44 pm:

Walked right in voted and walked right back out. Even after I voted, DH voted and both kids we were out of there is 7 minutes tops!

By Gammiejoan on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 06:40 pm:

I was in and out in about ten minutes.

By Katherine on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 06:42 pm:

I guess I have the record so far. I stood in line for 3 hours in my high heeled work shoes.

I left my office 2 hours early to get in on time.

By Happynerdmom on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 08:09 pm:

I stopped by about 7:00 AM before school, but the line was out the door. (The poll worker said later that it was about an hour wait.) I didn't have that much time, so I went back after school around 3:30 and didn't have a wait at all.

By Paulas on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 09:15 pm:

Wow...I am amazed. I don't know if anyone in Canada would wait over an hour to vote. I know if I had a two year old in tow I probably would have left.

I'm quite amazed at how seriously Americans take elections. I guess in Canada it's different because the governing party can call an election whenever they want within their term. So, they usually wait until they are quite popular and call an election. Election campaigns typically last about 6 weeks.

By Insaneusmcwife on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 09:28 pm:

I waited about 5 min before a booth became available. Then dd helped me make the selections on the screen. She was so excited to be able to push the buttons. She was the youngest voter today, lol.

By Pamt on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 - 10:58 pm:

I left extra early this morning to go vote at 7:00 am before work, but the parking lot was overflowing and cars were parked on the street for 2 blocks. I saw a lady coming out and asked her how long of a wait...45 min-1 hr. So I didn't vote and got to work REALLY early today (got caught up on paperwork though ) and I went back to vote at lunch. I was in and out in about 10 minutes---no line!

By Imamommyx4 on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 12:48 am:

15 minutes max
DS didn't have any wait when he went at noon.

By Kristie on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 01:16 am:

10 mins. We have paper ballots too. We get to connect the arrows! I think I would be afraid of anything mor high tech!

By My2cuties on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 03:49 am:

Small towns are good for times like this it took me 5 minutes to get there and I walked in and out..DD wanted to go with me, I thought well, sure you need to know how important it is, so she came in with me then we went out to eat feeling confident of a grand victory for our "president". Every vote counts! We went at about 3 p.m., but I don't think it would have mattered anyway.

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 05:54 am:

I went to my polling place around 7:30 a.m. and had a 30 minute wait. Two districts vote at this firehouse and there was a much longer line - about 70 people - for the other district. I saw on TV last night that at one Pennsylvania polling place there were 600 people in line at 8:00 p.m. (when our polls close) and the last person in line voted around 11:00 p.m. (if you are line when the polls close you can vote).

One of the major partners in our law firm went out at lunch time to vote and had an hour wait. So at 4 p.m. they sent an email to all employees that if you hadn't already voted you could leave work early so that you didn't have to worry about driving home during rush hour to get to the polls in time. (Have I mentioned I really, really like my new job!)

By Lauram on Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 11:33 am:

no wait.

By Colette on Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 11:37 am:

I didn't see anyone waiting. I was working at school that day, which is where we vote, so I got right in and whenever I went by the cafeteria the lines were probably a minute or two tops.

By Rayanne on Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 01:51 pm:

There was no waiting for me because DH and I did the absentee ballot. Much easier to me.