This is what happens in some Republican controlled states when they limit the times and places and how people can vote. Trump said a few years ago that if minorities vote, Republicans will never win another election. So Republican controlled states started getting rid of polling stations and changing voting times to standard working hours, etc, knowing that people wouldn't be able to take time off from work to stand in the now longer lines (due to fewer polling stations) or would want to stand in longer lines.

Plus, election day is not a national holiday like it is in most other countries, so people don't get the day off to vote. Though some companies give 3 or 4 hours paid time off strictly for voting.

It is working as designed, since it is meant to discourage people from voting. The less voter participation the better results for Republicans.

I don't know took us almost an hour to vote.

Well you see, the point is to prevent people from voting.

I like what california did last election: everyone got an absentee ballot. That way I could fill it out at home and drop it off at my polling location at my leisure. There was a line, but I got to walk past it.

In the state of Oregon, I just get mailed a ballot and can either mail it back or drop it off...last year, I did a drive-through ballot drop off at the state capital.

I've always been able to vote within 10 min or less. Must vary a lot by location.

There are usually way more polling locations open on election day than during early voting. They set up polling at churches, schools, and community centers all over.

During early voting I have to go to the courthouse which is in the next town over. There aren't any polling places in my city.

Also it takes five minutes to walk to the voting office from my home, on the voting Sunday.

Same. It's like a short stop on a Sunday walk... Because we ALWAYS VOTE ON SUNDAY!

That's pretty much how it is for me unless they're having problems with the printer or something

Every election I've ever voted in has had at least a 20 minute wait. I've mostly lived in medium to high density population centers my whole life. I've voted on voting day, I voted by absentee and there was a line for the drop box during COVID, I just did my early voting as a first time Texas voter and there was a 45 minute line to use the voting machines, not even a pen and paper ballot. I've never not seen a line at the polls. It's always been strange to me thinking about the number of folks who DON'T vote vs how many people I personally witness voting every season. But then again, many people don't like standing out in a heat wave while it's raining so I guess it makes sense that a lot of them don't go.

I dont know I live in America, longest it has ever taken me to vote on Election Day is 20 minutes, yet people are still waiting in long lines to early vote this year. Typically few people early vote so there are fewer early voting places. But that is not the case this year, so we have giant early vote lines. I am not sure why my neighbors are waiting in long lines to early vote when it will take 10 times as long as in Election Day.

For me 10 people are usually in line :(

Although it still doesn't take longer than like 15 minutes