kcobweb

Worst ever was living in a dense part of LA, where 95% of the population is mostly at work or in transit by 7, when the polls opened, so the line "after normal working hours", starting at about 4, was immense. This was lengthened by a failure by poll workers to post appropriate signage identifying which line was which once you got outside the building: A-M, N-Z, provisional only, etc. What was nice was that the poll workers did sent someone round about every fifteen minutes to try and straighten out the lines and assure everyone that if they *stayed* in a line (any line) they were guaranteed a chance to vote even if it took til midnight because LA has a "in line by the time polls close" clause so most people took the line in stride and were standing around telling stories and jokes and sharing newspapers. I think it took me about 2.5 or 3 hours to get through, but it wasn't horrible.