What's the longest you've ever had to wait in line to vote? Where in the world? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] khannie@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

GOOD GOD!!!!!!!

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago

Fwiw it was less than 10 mins in the affluent neighborhoods I lived near San Francisco, California and New York and 1.5 hours in the poor neighborhoods in those same cities

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

That's an interesting one. I live in a small town (~10K). It's a fairly middle-class suburb of Dublin and the only place I've ever voted (but many times). Makes me curious if it's different in other neighbourhoods.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

i've lived in 11 cities in this country over the decades chasing work to maintain my health insurance and my experienced seemed normal to my neighbors who had lived there most of their lives as well.

most of those cities had a large proportion of transplants like me and their experiences mirrored mine.

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