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Raftergirl

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47. Iirc, from discussions with my husband - It was left up to the counties

Sat Oct 24, 2020, 02:27 PM

Oct 2020

to decide how many early polling sites to have. My H wrote the bill as part of the budget process. There were issues with upstate R legislators not wanting it at all - so the compromise was letting counties decide how many early voting sites to have but a minimum of at least 1. Some of those counties also never requested the available funds in the bill they were entitled too. Another compromise was allowing the counties to decide where to put the polling sites.

Rensselaer County, for example, put all their sites in the city of Troy. None are in there suburbs or rural areas of the county.

My county (Albany) has them spread throughout the county.

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Wow! This is the line to vote at 115 St in Harlem.... @WCKitchen is there with meals + water... [View all] demmiblue Oct 2020 OP

Horrible that they have ro.stand in line that long Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #1

I didn't have to wait at all in NC. cwydro Oct 2020 #15

Did you record your vote in the OFFICIAL I VOTED THREAD? LAS14 Oct 2020 #79

I did now! cwydro Oct 2020 #83

It definitely is horrible. warmfeet Oct 2020 #63

Heart warming!! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #2

Gawd bless America. These folks have heart. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #3

So if I am a fascist killer and I see people being allowed to vote, and I know Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #4

I know mahina Oct 2020 #49

Thank you Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #55

Read you 100% mahina Oct 2020 #59

I am grateful to all the patient voters and to the restaurateurs but it's absurd... Blasphemer Oct 2020 #5

I keep thinking where on Earth is there a place to pee? Greybnk48 Oct 2020 #6

Especially during the pandemic. Blaukraut Oct 2020 #10

A national vote by mail policy would solve that. KS Toronado Oct 2020 #14

That's definitely the solution. N/t Greybnk48 Oct 2020 #37

Did my ballot at the kitchen table exoskeleton Oct 2020 #54

Did you record your vote in the OFFICIAL I VOTED THREAD? LAS14 Oct 2020 #80

Provided we reinstate the Postal Service. nt soldierant Oct 2020 #62

I so agree thinkingagain Oct 2020 #76

Building on your idea.......... KS Toronado Oct 2020 #77

Right! Or even safely open your home to those in line! Greybnk48 Oct 2020 #36

They must all have very robust bladders ! OnDoutside Oct 2020 #7

So true! 40RatRod Oct 2020 #18

I applaud their stamina and determination, as well as that of people bringing them food, but . . . LaMouffette Oct 2020 #8

But....but.... Tree-Hugger Oct 2020 #9

Do you know what that translates to in wait time? Jim__ Oct 2020 #11

Exactly, a Democratic controlled stronghold right? Ligyron Oct 2020 #17

Nobody in New York County (Manhattan) is trying to suppress the vote greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #19

This! Waited my3 hours in NY this am. mdelaguna Oct 2020 #27

Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #67

Did you record your vote in the OFFICIAL I VOTED THREAD? LAS14 Oct 2020 #81

I just voted in NYC. Bubs55 Oct 2020 #23

Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #68

Did you record your vote in the OFFICIAL I VOTED THREAD? LAS14 Oct 2020 #82

Like a DUer said yesterday about wait time: panader0 Oct 2020 #35

Fantastic! Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #12

On the ground report: demmiblue Oct 2020 #13

Wow. That seems longer than the zentrum Oct 2020 #16

This gif's for you: demmiblue Oct 2020 #24

Wonderful! And magically, I zentrum Oct 2020 #39

! demmiblue Oct 2020 #41

Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #70

Look at all those ghosts mnhtnbb Oct 2020 #20

Those ghosts gonna be haunting the Pumpkin in Chief! flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #26

LOL mnhtnbb Oct 2020 #52

They clearly need more voting locations. David__77 Oct 2020 #21

We shall overcome! BarbD Oct 2020 #22

How Many Blocks? Me. Oct 2020 #25

We had a line of 500 people at one of Albany's 5 locations. mdelaguna Oct 2020 #30

This Me. Oct 2020 #34

We had a line of 500 people at one of Albany's 5 locations. mdelaguna Oct 2020 #31

I hate lines FakeNoose Oct 2020 #28

I waited on line Raftergirl Oct 2020 #29

Great to hear! Nt Karma13612 Oct 2020 #58

Ty!) SheltieLover Oct 2020 #71

I am tearing up as i watched that long long long line, and the spirit of these voters & local chefs onetexan Oct 2020 #32

Mind boggling--and fantastic! Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #33

I voted by mail, but the last time I was in a line that long panader0 Oct 2020 #38

LOL: "The line is your friend. We're New Yorkers. We INVENTED the line." demmiblue Oct 2020 #40

Sure sign that our country is messed up. Dustlawyer Oct 2020 #42

Checking in from NY-21 Karma13612 Oct 2020 #43

Iirc, from discussions with my husband - It was left up to the counties Raftergirl Oct 2020 #47

I would have hit the roof if our county had decided to just not have any. Karma13612 Oct 2020 #56

It was the upstate legislators who wouldn't go along Raftergirl Oct 2020 #60

Thanks for checking in! demmiblue Oct 2020 #48

Glad to be on the map! :-). Nt Karma13612 Oct 2020 #57

Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #72

I met some nice people in line! Karma13612 Oct 2020 #84

I'm so grateful to them but it is extremely fucked up that they have to do that mahina Oct 2020 #44

Wonderful and disheartening at the same time. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #45

One word: "WHY" ? garybeck Oct 2020 #46

This is the first year for early voting in a Presidential Election in NYS. Raftergirl Oct 2020 #51

Horrible Pepsidog Oct 2020 #50

Americans, in general, just seem very eager and DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #53

Watch for Hissolini to direct his lawyers to sue to stop WCKitchen Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #61

This is insane. How many can't do this for that long? Mail in your ballot. BSdetect Oct 2020 #64

K&R 2naSalit Oct 2020 #65

The lengths you are going through to vote that *cker out Laha Oct 2020 #66

Criminal. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2020 #69

KnR Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #73

That looks like voter suppression. KentuckyWoman Oct 2020 #74

Complacency does not inspire this type of commitment & action! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #75

Wo! I wonder how long it took to record that in real time????? So... how many Trump.. LAS14 Oct 2020 #78