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2. It was today.

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 05:33 PM

Oct 2020

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What's the longest you've ever stood in line to vote? [View all] MizLibby Oct 2020 OP

Maybe 30-45 minutes, elleng Oct 2020 #1

It was today. rownesheck Oct 2020 #2

Probably 5 minutes. I'm also in California. Dem2theMax Oct 2020 #3

About 45 minutes. madaboutharry Oct 2020 #4

20 minutes max in Grand Rapids, MI idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #5

1 hr and a half Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #6

15 minutes . . . Norfolk, VA. fleur-de-lisa Oct 2020 #7

5 minutes, but......... SCantiGOP Oct 2020 #8

About an hour. In NYC for Dukakis Walleye Oct 2020 #9

30 years ago when I was in college I waited about 45 minutes. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #10

Maybe 45 minutes Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #11

Fifteen minutes in 2000 Yonnie3 Oct 2020 #12

Maybe 20 minutes, if it wasn't 10 that just felt longer. JHB Oct 2020 #13

Two hours... for the first day of early voting... for Barack Obama's first term. NurseJackie Oct 2020 #14

I think it was two hours, earlier this year in Whittier for the primary. Iggo Oct 2020 #15

4 hours early voting in 2008 MaryMagdaline Oct 2020 #16

5 minutes...hope it stays that way nt Shermann Oct 2020 #17

Like you, probably five minutes PatSeg Oct 2020 #18

I think it was around 2 hours voting for President Obama in Chicago in 2008 It was MAGICAL mucifer Oct 2020 #19

No waiting in rural California mchill Oct 2020 #20

Less than half an hour in the long-ago beforetimes gratuitous Oct 2020 #21

2 minutes at most. Ace Rothstein Oct 2020 #22

5 hours, Kerry v bush. That's when I decided to vote absentee or early. Hoyt Oct 2020 #23

That was my longest wait, too. PETRUS Oct 2020 #26

About 3 hours bbrady42 Oct 2020 #24

10 minutes, near Boston JenniferJuniper Oct 2020 #25

20 min or so. Now we've mail in. uppityperson Oct 2020 #27

I waited well over an hour in 1994 The Genealogist Oct 2020 #28

When I lived in Madison, the year Bill Clinton was first elected Bettie Oct 2020 #29

About two hours in 2008. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #30

Maybe 30 minutes? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #31

2-3 hours mercuryblues Oct 2020 #32

I always voted by mail JonLP24 Oct 2020 #33

2 hours-ish in 2004. I barely made it before they cut off the line at closing time. pnwest Oct 2020 #34

Maybe 45 minutes, about 30 years ago, before early voting unc70 Oct 2020 #35

10-15 min? Between KY and FL Roland99 Oct 2020 #36

Maybe 10 minutes once and I couldn't moonscape Oct 2020 #37

5 minutes, the most Mossfern Oct 2020 #38

Less than 5 minutes. marie999 Oct 2020 #39

Couple of hours back when Washington State still had in-person voting. Aristus Oct 2020 #40

never had to wait more than 5 minutes max, not even for Brexit nt Celerity Oct 2020 #41

I don't remember ever waiting Chainfire Oct 2020 #42

About 40 minutes, because I wanted to get to work. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2020 #43

5 min when I used to vote in person DesertRat Oct 2020 #44

6+ Hours for the 2016 primary in Arizona sweetloukillbot Oct 2020 #45

At the most, 15 min in Ohio. A Brand New World Oct 2020 #46

About 90 minutes in Wake County North Carolina, voted for Big Dog. Maru Kitteh Oct 2020 #47

My memory is fuzzy. qwlauren35 Oct 2020 #48

About 90 minutes. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #49

I can't remember ever waiting in a line, and if I did it must have only been a couple Luciferous Oct 2020 #50

Probably about 90 minutes to two hours, and that was when I went with my sister... W_HAMILTON Oct 2020 #51

Maybe 5 minutes at the most in San Francisco kimbutgar Oct 2020 #52

Never. Oregon is purely vote by mail. nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #53

5 minutes Mz Pip Oct 2020 #54

about 3 hours. First day of early voting, Obama's first term Orangepeel Oct 2020 #55

10 minutes. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #56

Registered and voted same day early voting as a homeless person - maybe 15 minutes. BluesRunTheGame Oct 2020 #57

Def under 10 minutes tavernier Oct 2020 #58

5 minutes, California. n/t myccrider Oct 2020 #59