Me: Ireland - Approximately 2 minutes until poll in hand is the longest.

I’ve been seeing long lines for the US elections even for early voting. Seems completely unnecessary.

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    7 hours. People were showing up with pizza and sandwiches for everyone in line. It really destroyed my faith in my local government but built my sense of community.

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      2 months ago

      I think you hold the record so far!

      Edit: also fair play to you for sticking it out.

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    About 15 minutes, this morning in Wilmington, NC. In previous elections here, I’ve walked in and voted immediately, with no line

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      2 months ago

      I’m gonna grasp at that being positive. My favourite band at a ripe old age, Sylvan Esso, are from NC.

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          2 months ago

          Thanks will check then out.

          If you get the chance, Sylvan Esso are incredible live. Seen them a few times now.

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    Australia (Sydney). A few years ago I went and there was a queue going outside the door and volunteers were telling people that it would take 30-45 minutes but to please stay in line. They were also handing out Tim Tams for people in line. I decided to try another polling station instead, which was 10-15 minutes walk away. There was no queue at all there so I was out within a couple minutes. So that one took the longest even though most of it was walking to another location. Wish there was a way to tell the people in that queue that other locations were empty.