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4. Depends where - I called and made an official complaint today in SD

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 09:28 PM

Mar 2020

They could not staff several ballot drop off locations and closed them last minute (one in the gay area). Nothing like disenfranchising the poor. The notice didn't even let people know they could drop their ballots off at the post office.

SD = San Diego

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Why are there such ling lines to vote in Calif? I thoght they had lots of polling places. n/t [View all] napi21 Mar 2020 OP

I had a 10 minute wait. I don't mind waiting. I'm glad to see people showing up to vote. NBachers Mar 2020 #1

MSNBC reported broken machines at one precinct unc70 Mar 2020 #2

cali has same day registration. maybe that backs up the line snt msongs Mar 2020 #3

Depends where - I called and made an official complaint today in SD FreeState Mar 2020 #4

I suspect at least some folks waited till today, instead of voting early. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #5

Might have overestimated early voting... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #6

I've never waited more than a few minutes eissa Mar 2020 #7

I voted this morning at 7:10 in a red county in California, took about ten minutes. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #8

When I voted on Sunday, the place was almost empty. TomCADem Mar 2020 #9

In Los Angeles County, the number of places to vote was reduced from 5000 to 1000. diva77 Mar 2020 #10

wow...that sucks.. stillcool Mar 2020 #13

Not sure what you are talking about Beaverhausen Mar 2020 #15

If someone voted early and chose Buttigieg or Klobuchar, their vote was wasted. diva77 Mar 2020 #17

Well that's not quite right Beaverhausen Mar 2020 #19

Exactly! You had to approve the printout of your votes. beaglelover Mar 2020 #20

I voted on Saturday in LA. The paper ballots that the beaglelover Mar 2020 #16

please check out post #17 in this thread diva77 Mar 2020 #18

The lines I saw were on MSNBC. Had 2+ hoir waits! Who the he** decided to close 4,000 polls? napi21 Mar 2020 #11

There Is a Polling Place The River Mar 2020 #12

Exactly shanti Mar 2020 #22

People wanted to wait Beaverhausen Mar 2020 #14

Permanent mail-in here shanti Mar 2020 #21