How long did it take you to vote today?

About 50 minutes. I had to park on the side of the road.

I was asked for ID, and then quizzed on my first name and address. It was the time I had to fork over ID.

Voted electronic! Woohoo! 3 seconds actually pushing the brightly-colored squares.

An hour and forty-five minutes. I am tired and cranky (but wearing an I Voted Today sticker!). Happily there were no challengers. I was afraid there might be. And no, I didn’t have to show an ID because they had my signature on file.

Around 11:00 PST, 20 minutes or so. It wouldn’t have taken that long had I done it all myself, but I brought my daughter along to do the actual work (poor soul, she missed being able to participate in this election by less than two weeks). I’ve rarely seen anyone get so much pleasure out of connecting two parts of an arrow.

Didn’t get asked for an ID, but it’s been the same crew for all the seven years that I’ve been voting there. I think they know me by now, even though they always have to thumb through the list for my name (it’s one of those Irish names with internal punctuation).

I just voted, for the first time ever! I was old enough in 2000, but between school and work, I just couldn’t make it.

Today only took 2 minutes, no lines, no exit polls. Colored in the ovals with a pen. They also didn’t ask for id, signature, nothing. But then, I live in the only state that doesn’t require voter registration, either.

I was in and out in about 10 minutes. I went at 2:30, but I heard that the line was hours long at that polling site when it opened.

In Atlanta, we’re voting electronically. Yay… :dubious: . When you check in, they give you a little, yellow, credit-card size “ballot”. You put the ballot in a voting machine and it brings up a touch screen ballot. After you’ve voted and reviewed your ballot, you hit finished. After buzzing and whirring for a few seconds, it spits back out your ballot card and you return it to the voting official.

I handed them my ID without being asked because I’ve always been asked in the past.

Went at 2 PM. Took about 30 minutes to get through the line. They did check ID.

It took me about 10 minutes total. I have the name that had a line (A-M), and the lady was slow, slow, slow. No wait for machines. No ID check.

On the way out, I saw that one of the guys I had blindly voted for based on party affiliation (he’s in a very underrepresented party in the state legislature) was hanging around. I said hi to him, and he kind of grunted a hi back at me. Can I change my vote?

Took me about 45 minutes. I was asked for a photo ID but I’ve always been asked for a photo ID so it was not a big deal.

It took me less than 10 minutes. There was no line when I arrived (about 8:30 AM). I didn’t have to show ID; they just asked me for my name and address. The ballots here are the kind where you connect the ends of the arrow that’s printed next to the candidate’s name.

We voted in little standing booth things.

Our ballot is draw a line to complete the line thing with a permanent marker or felt tip marker.

I’m a Californian and I voted in less than 15 minutes at 7:45ish this morning. Would have been less, except the guy before me in line claimed he had never received his absentee ballot. I was not asked for ID, I haven’t been for several years. I verbally supplied my name and address. I used the special pen to join the lines next to the issue/candidate and put the paper ballot into the optical scanner. I saw no challengers.

It turns out cavaties are good for something.

Dental appointment first thing in the morning, at the polls at 10:30. In and out in ten. I missed the morning rush. Mine was 681[sup]st[/sup] completed vote card inserted into the machine.

The line for same day registration was longer than the voter line. (MN)

55 minutes. I got to the polling place at 7:00, 30 minutes after it opened, and walked out the door at 7:55.

The line was twice as long when I left - I’m glad I got there when I did.

The other two districts that were voting at the same location were usually in and out in 10 minutes or less - but mine includes a fairly large number of apartment complexes.

I offered my ID, since I have an odd last name that is easier to look up on the rolls if it’s in front of you, but I didn’t have to. I didn’t get challenged (I half expected to, being a new Ohio resident).

Five minutes, not including the drive. It’s kind of but not really on my way home from work so I don’t count the travel time. Other than a couple of people registering for the 2006 election in a separate room, I was the only voter there. New this year, I had to take a tag with a printed number on it to the first station. That added a couple of seconds to my time because, being the only voter there, I couldn’t find the end of the line.

When I figured that out, the two pollworkers at the table (including what seems to be a high school boy that’s been there the last couple of times I voted. Good for him.) took my name and address and simultaneously wrote them down in two big ledgers. I still don’t understand that part. Why twice, that is.

I understood about the numbered tag after I tossed it in a bucket before being given my ballot. I suppose they compare the number of ballots to the highest ticket number remaining before they cart them off to be run through the scanner.

Stood in line for about 5 minutes. Didn’t need to show ID or give my name because the poll worker with the book was one of my former students. She said hello, had me sign, and the next guy gave me the card to activate the machine. 2 minutes praying that there would be someone else on the ballot, followed by 2 minutes of voting. Out the door in less than 10 minutes. this was at 3pm in California. :smiley:

Let’s see:

10 minites to pass the time of day with various persons who were campaining for one candidate or the other. (They were maintaining the required 100 feet distance from the entrance to the volunteer fire dept. building where I vote.)

10 minutes to walk to the back side of the parking lot and pass the time of day with Donald, who was passing out a free shot of whiskey to those who would promise to vote for his wife on the school board. I was gonna’ vote for her anyway, but why pass up a free drink?

Five minutes to sign in, complete my paper ballot and drop it into the electronic scanner.
Five more minutes to tell the poll watchers and everybody else “bye.”

So 25 minutes of socalizing and five minutes to vote: Total of 30 minutes.

Identification:
I live in the sticks, and the poll workers know everybody by sight. When they see you walking up, they’ve already got the book opened to the page where you sign in beside your name.

IIRC, the first time I voted after I moved to this community, they made me show my driver’s liscense and matched it with my name before I could proceed. Ever since then they’ve known who I was. Yes, we’ve had some of the same poll workers for over 30 years!

At 4 pm 213 people had voted. The previous all-time high for that polling place is 165. This election is really bringin’ 'em out!

Full story in GQ. Short answer: about 10 minutes.

Brian

5 minutes to get out of the car, go in, vote, get back in the car, drive off.

All in all, the process took me about an hour and ten minutes.

I was asked for my ID and also to verify my address. The machine I used was a touch screen (first time using one!).

Now I’m just holding my breath as to the outcome… :confused:

The line was about 12 deep when I voted at around 7:45 this morning (Ohio polls open at 6:30). I waited about 15 minutes for my turn and then took about 10 minutes to vote. In and out in under half an hour. They didn’t ask for my ID and I was voter #101.
They did have pro-Issue 1 (The Ohio marriage definition constitutional amendment) pamphlets propaganda lying out in the polling office directly next to the line. That caused me some consternation, is such a thing legal? Personally, I’m against this amendment because it is a restriction on the rights of all non-married couples both gay and straight alike. The way things look from talking head estimates, it passed…Some more of our liberties gone the way of the dodos (entendre double’).