# So what kind of place do you vote in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108 "2012-11-06T17:22:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/1 "2012-11-06T17:22:33Z")
I used to vote at a Plumber’s Union headquarters, but they moved and the space was taken over by a home-health care facility that doesn’t let us vote there. Which is a bit of a bummer because I could easily walk there. The new place is a church, which is farther away and less interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/2 "2012-11-06T17:24:11Z")
Local DAV chapter meeting room that REEKS of 40 years of cigarette smoke, due to weekly bingo and attached bar area. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/3 "2012-11-06T17:25:49Z")
My polling place is a middle school gymnasium. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/4 "2012-11-06T17:29:09Z")
Sportsman’s Club. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/5 "2012-11-06T17:30:05Z")
Elementary (Catholic) school gymnasium usually. Although it was been at the hockey rink a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/6 "2012-11-06T17:30:33Z")
School administration office - it takes up part of the building, the rest is an elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/7 "2012-11-06T17:31:50Z")
My comfy chair in my house. I voted 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/8 "2012-11-06T17:32:06Z")
The Chillicothe branch of Ohio University. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/9 "2012-11-06T17:37:35Z")
Used to vote at a volunteer fire station out in the middle of nowhere. This time, they changed it to the gymnasium of a local church on the main road into town. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/10 "2012-11-06T17:38:33Z")
Our local elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/11 "2012-11-06T17:38:46Z")
We vote at the local fire station. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/12 "2012-11-06T17:42:14Z")
The fire station around the block. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/13 "2012-11-06T17:43:51Z")
Church. Lutheran church, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/14 "2012-11-06T17:46:40Z")
I vote in a fairly nice community center, but the whole thing is just a kick in the face to remind that I am one of the proles 😉 There are four precincts voting areas in the same hallway. Walk by the first one. One guy in a booth, 15 empty booths, three bored looking officials. Walk by the second one. Two woman in a booths, 14 empty booths, two bored looking officials, one person waiting for their paperwork to be checked. Third one, 4 voters, many empty booths, Fourth one, (mine :mad:) 120ish people in line, 45 minute wait 15 booths constantly full, language barriers, people cutting. See, precincts are all the same size basically in geography. But the first three are the vast-estate rich areas that may have 500 voters total each, but they get 16 booths. The last precinct is where we scum apartment dwellers and small yard house owners live. At least 20 times the people, and still 16 crummy booths. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/15 "2012-11-06T17:48:17Z")
The auditorium of Hogg Middle School, built in 1926. Named after Jim Hogg, first “native born” governor of Texas & father of [Ima](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg)… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/16 "2012-11-06T17:54:45Z")
My assigned Election Day polling site: church (in the meeting hall, not the actual church) three blocks in the wrong direction from the train station I use to get to/from work. :smack: The **nearest** Election day polling site: public elementary school, right on the way to the train station. BTW, the school seemed to be closed today – is it typical to close a school that’s being used as a polling site? Where I actually early voted: basement of the Cook County office building about two blocks from my office. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/17 "2012-11-06T17:58:07Z")
The Presbyterian Church down the block. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/18 "2012-11-06T17:59:50Z")
Masonic Lodge. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/19 "2012-11-06T18:04:03Z")
Baptist church meeting hall. Nothing digital; all ballots were filled in by hand with a black ink pen. In and out in 10 minutes about 20 minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![joew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@joew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joew)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108/20 "2012-11-06T18:06:33Z")
UAW Hall, and I think that it is hilarious that those with foreign cars have their own parking lot farthest away from the building [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-place-do-you-vote-in/640108.md?page=2)