Today's one-liner: "The shortest way to the distinguishing excellence of any writer is through his hostile critics." Richard LeGallienne
Polls will be open from 7 am until 8 pm today. If you are standing in line by 8 pm, you must be permitted to vote. Many of us have already voted via mail-in ballots or through Ballot by Demand at the courthouse. But many of you prefer to vote at your local precinct. Please feel free to share your experience.
I'd be interested in your polling place, turnout and whether you experienced any problems.
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Long line at my polling place, as well as the one across the street. Too bad all elections aren’t seen as important (especially school board, which controls a homeowner’s purse strings.)
ReplyDeleteLower Saucon Township Municipal Building. Arrived at 6:40AM. Number 19 in line. Poll opened promptly at 7:00AM.
ReplyDeleteAt 7:00AM opening, about 100 in line waiting to vote. Finished my voting at 7:20 AM. So, line moving at about 1 minute per voter. Translation - people just arriving at 7:20AM would likely have to wait nearly 1 1/2 hours to vote. People still trickling in at a steady rate from parking lot.
Overall, smooth and orderly operation. But, was heaviest turnout I can remember for that time period in over 30 years voting there. Interestingly, first time I recall seeing no candidate volunteers standing outside advertising their political party.
I arrived to vote at the Forks Township Community Center @ 0555 hours. There were three people ahead of me at that time. At 0700 hours the line had extended some several hundred feet around the parking lot in the direction of the athletic fields. A rough guess and consensus at a head count by those of us near the front of the line, at the time we entered the building, was in the neighborhood of three hundred people. Upon entering the gymnasium one could see there were four voting machines, I think four is inadequate given the growing crowd outside. There were four persons who assisted with getting people prepared to vote via the signature card. The voting process went smoothly keeping in mind I was one of the first into the building. If there was any problem with the process at the time I was there it would have been the parking situation. Keeping in mind that this day only happens once every four years several of us witnessed many vehicles enter the parking lot, circle it and drive out for lack of spaces. It can't be determined by this action if these people went home with the intention of returning at a later time or if they sought to park elsewhere and walk. The parking lot at the Forks community center is grossly inadequate for this type of event. It appeared that many potential voters used a mall parking lot near the community center albeit a decent walk from the front door the community center. Personally I was concerned about drivers not finding adequate parking. I think a solution would have been to permit potential voters to utilize the athletic fields for parking. I can only speak for myself when saying this but if I were to drive to a location with the intention of voting and at that location I couldn't find parking, leaving would be "the" option and I probably wouldn't return. My intention is not to criticize anyone or any organization this was only my observation, happy voting day everyone.
ReplyDeleteheavy turnout in lockridge. I was 35 at 7:15. I thought it went about as smooth as it could be.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely great turn out all over the area
ReplyDelete8:30 a.m. at Ag Hall in Allentown. Only 3 ahead of me. Orderly and friendly. Agree with 7:42 am -- it's sad that we'll see a fraction of these people back for local elections and primaries.
ReplyDeleteHuge lines at 3 different poll places I witnessed. Too big too rig!
ReplyDeleteHuge line at Farmersville Elementary, Bethlehem Township. Will go back this evening.
ReplyDeletePart of issue there was Mike Johnson on site engaging in old fashioned retail politics with Ryan MacKenzie.
DeleteLots of people arriving at Lehigh Govt center but are registered elsewhere. If you check your registration online, the first address that comes up is the county board of elections, and people are coming here since that's the first address they see.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, pretty smooth.
Saw several puking after they voted.
ReplyDeleteWe vote at Bethlehem 13, ward 4, Crosspoint Church. Seemed very busy until I learned that the building now includes ward 1, so those folks were voting for the first time in the polling place. Everything went smoothly. No signs allowed outside and only one person outside watching.
ReplyDeleteSaw some dumb voters voting for Loser Trump
ReplyDeleteDemocrats always show their class
DeleteYes discuss class as your candidate enjoys a microphone
DeleteHuge problems being reported in Cambria and Bedford counties. So far so good here in Northampton
ReplyDeleteHow embarrassing for PA once again
DeleteSources tell People are turning out in great numbers to get rid of the democrats who has caused such pain to the American people.
ReplyDeleteYour sources? Faux 'News'? The very same network who was fined $787 million for spreading election lies four years ago?
DeleteWaited 1.5 hours in eastern NorCo. No problems other than parking.
ReplyDelete7:42 - You are correct. Your school board's votes hit your bank account almost immediately and never get rolled back, refunded, or discounted.
Whitehall -Coplay schools are one of the worse in the state Taxes go up every year while the spend on all the great buildings they build the people on the board spend money because it is our money they could care less. Seniors pay taxes until the day they die. Also mention the results or not that good.
Delete@12:20 it's 'couldn't' care less genius
DeleteA lot of Trump people in line Why not support Harris She is such an articulate person.
ReplyDeleteEast Allen great experience as always about an hour. Not long line
ReplyDeleteWest side precinct in Bethlehem (Lehigh) at about 40 percent of total as of 1:30. Very smooth process so far. Lines minimal all day. Seems Lehigh voters have it easier based on earlier comments.
ReplyDeleteMy experience is that it seems like none of the Trump voters I've seen at any polling place appear to have jobs of any kind
ReplyDeleteYou're An ........ How are you there then?
DeleteWalked right in at East Hills and it took me longer to muster the courage to vote for Harris (I was going to throw away my vote) than it took me to actually get into the booth. I am so sad that Harris and Trump are as good as we can get. Shame on America.
ReplyDeleteSorry for your choice
DeleteHarris is a LOT worse
DeleteLower Milford - Lehigh County 2 hour wait to vote starting around 10:15. Wait due to voter response and a malfunctioning check in tablet which the county replaced within 1 hour of notification. An official on site informed waiting voters of the malfunction as the reason for the delay.
ReplyDeleteWaited about 30 minutes or so in Lower Nazareth mid afternoon, but line was longer on the way out. My slip said I was 1150, woman said our precinct had 3500 registered, so thats about 32% turnout with another 5-6 hours left.
ReplyDeleteWind Gap line is about 2 and a half hours as of 5 o clock
ReplyDelete2 hours to vote at in Bushkill. Heavy turnout.
ReplyDeleteLehigh's paper ballots allow more voters to vote in the same time period compared to the touch screen machines. That line at Banana Factory is wild.
ReplyDeletePresident Harris ---USA will become third world nation in no time
ReplyDeleteFlorida closed at 7 and already has 75% of their votes counted at 7:45. PA is a dirty crooked national embarrassment.
ReplyDeleteFlorida 80% counted here in PA we will be waiting forever. WTF.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the suck.
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