Lining up to vote early afternoon of November 3rd
The lines were relatively long from 7 a.m. opening to noon or 1 p.m, beginning with a 90 minute wait from arrival to exiting. But around lunchtime as the surge gradually faded, it was more like a 10 minute wait to cast a ballot. Then between 1 p.m. and the close at 8 p.m. the number of people backed up and waiting for the first station (applying for a ballot) varied between 0 and 6 or 7 for the most part.
This view from the hallway outside of the voting place shows part of the application-to-vote table (left edge of frame) and the line of people to confirm their eligibility with the database managed by the e-Pollbook worker. Once status is confirmed then the next poll worker issues a ballot and its unique identifier is recorded. The ballot goes into a privacy cover or sleeve for the voter to take to the booth, and then to the final table for the counterfoil (matching serial number) to be collected and then at last to the optical scanner (tabulator).
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