Voter turnout thread... (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, York: house, yard, registered)

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by SammyKhalifa

Uneventful. Everyone was super nice, but nobody laughed at my stupid jokes.

The outrage! Better contact the Allegheny County ACLU!

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Only three voting machines? Must be a small polling station. How do you guys have such low numbers? Where did you get these numbers from?

When I signed in I saw my name written on a list. 337 was the number to the left of my name.

I'm pretty sure Pennsylvania voting precincts, especially in the urban areas, are very localized. I have a sample of two, though. In Connecticut, I voted further away from home. The place I was at had probably 40 voting booths at the time. Here, as I said, there were 3. There are usually about 6 at my parents polling place in a northeastern suburb of Pittsburgh.

Does anyone know if PA has more polling locations per capita than other states? I guess you'd have to also include a per square mileage indicator in there as well. Rural states will, by nature, have more locations per capita.

[Scott2187]

Here's my story:

No line at the polling place I went to at Sunnyside elementary school. Being a first time voted in the district, I was fully prepared to show ID. The young lady found me in the book and pointed where to sign. The signature line states clearly "ID REQUIRED". The worker did NOT ask to see my ID until I pointed it out to her. She looked like it was an inconvenience for her to follow procedures. I voted, then brought the issue up to the election judge on the way out. He also looked at me like I was inconveniencing him.

I'm not suggesting any kind of fraud was going on, but it annoys me when the workers are oblivious to the current, long time laws in place. The next election with the new ID law is going to be interesting, to say the least.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

Does anyone know if PA has more polling locations per capita than other states?

No idea, but Allegheny County has a lot. Not the most, but a lot.
Nullspace: Allegheny tops Cook County

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by eschaton

It might be hard to have this not turn to politics, but I thought it would be interesting if forumers shared their own voting experiences.

Went down to the Teamster Temple at around 7:15. There are three precincts within my polling place. Usually it's pretty sleepy - it was even in 2008. But this year it was packed. I dunno if this is an effect of election interest increasing locally, or the changes which have happened in Lawrenceville over the past four years. I was the 17th person to vote in my precinct.

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I was at the same voting venue at 5:45, and walked right up, no line, parked right in front of the place.

[AnneWest]

Went to our North Fayette polling place at 6pm this evening, there are 2 districts voting in each side of the same building. We've been in lines in the past but tonight... wow, there were at least 50-60 people in each line at any given time we were waiting. The guy at the door was admitting 5-6 people at a time and said the lines had never let up the entire day. The lines moved steadily, but we waited 45 min outside. Parking was at a premium.

[Copanut]

Call me an old guy, which I am, just glad to see so many on this Forum voted.

Don't vote, don't b itch.


ha ha ha I beat YAC

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by Scott2187

Here's my story:

No line at the polling place I went to at Sunnyside elementary school. Being a first time voted in the district, I was fully prepared to show ID. The young lady found me in the book and pointed where to sign. The signature line states clearly "ID REQUIRED". The worker did NOT ask to see my ID until I pointed it out to her. She looked like it was an inconvenience for her to follow procedures. I voted, then brought the issue up to the election judge on the way out. He also looked at me like I was inconveniencing him.

I'm not suggesting any kind of fraud was going on, but it annoys me when the workers are oblivious to the current, long time laws in place. The next election with the new ID law is going to be interesting, to say the least.

It sounds like your election workers have a political leaning. Same with the polling stations where people were given a hard time about IDs.

Originally Posted by Copanut

Call me an old guy, which I am, just glad to see so many on this Forum voted.

I'm impressed with the forum participation too.

I could be wrong, but I suspect the type of people who hang out here are more likely to be politically involved.

People who aren't involved would be less likely to enjoy spending their spare time posting about local issues on CD.

[SteelCityRising]

Pennsylvania's electoral votes just went for President Obama. I have a hunch he'll win re-election since the remaining votes to be counted in Florida are primarily in Miami-Dade County (heavily Democratic), and he's also winning in Ohio right now. Romney can't win while losing Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

[PB&J O'Rourke]

This was my first time voting here, no ID requested, everyone seemed really bored and just wanted to go home by the look of it (I don't blame them)

In and out in two minutes.