# Update me every hour!--how long are the lines at your polling place?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-every-hour-how-long-are-the-lines-at-your-polling-place/924639>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-every-hour-how-long-are-the-lines-at-your-polling-place/924639 "2020-11-03T13:04:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-every-hour-how-long-are-the-lines-at-your-polling-place/924639/21 "2020-11-03T23:34:48Z")

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I voted today. They moved my polling place to the nature center at a big county park. There were political signs out side the entrance to the park, so I knew I was in the right place but they didn’t do a very good job of directing you to the actual voting. I drove through the gates and there was a parking lot full of cars but that was all people there to hike the trails. I started to park there but saw a road leading into the woods and decided that looked like the more likely path. I drove up to the nature center and as I got closer it was apparent that was the place. I parked, walked in and was immediately seated at a desk where I presented my ID, verified my address and was directed to the white chairs where I was to await further instruction. Before I got to the chairs I was intercepted by a poll worker who escorted me to a voting machine and she instructed me on how to use it. I cast my vote and was walking out to my car in less than 10 minutes. Lots of people there to vote but everything was moving really fast.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-every-hour-how-long-are-the-lines-at-your-polling-place/924639/22 "2020-11-04T08:07:09Z")

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Got home a few hours ago from a day as an Election Judge in south Minneapolis, MN.

Tremendous turnout – 94% of our residents voted.  
But actually a light day for us poll workers, because 72% of them had already voted early. We were all done, everything packed up, all records audited & balanced, and at least 4 judges signed off on every check, and all done in 45 minutes. One of the earliest nights ever.

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