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Gah, voting experience from heck
Nov. 8th, 2006 07:21 pmMy voting location is an "evangelical cathedral" in Bowie. Whopping enormous church. It's across the street from Six Flags, and when it was being built, we thought it was an enormous indoor roller coaster. Nope, it's a church.
So that's my polling place. Blueeowyn and I got there at 8 in the morning, to see a line going out the door. After 45 minutes, I needed to leave for a meeting at work, and we had made it through maybe a third of the line. I found out later that Blueeowyn took more than two and a half hours to get to the machines.
( rant behind the cut )
When everybody else at work tells me that they only stood in line for 10 minutes, or had no line at all, I feel a little miffed (maybe a lot!) when I have to stand for almost three hours. I'm also disturbed by the lack of church/state separation, the political fliers and article inside the polling place, and the lack of privacy while voting. But I have no idea where to lodge my complaint. The precinct always has long lines, but this was the worst ever, and it's not fair.
So that's my polling place. Blueeowyn and I got there at 8 in the morning, to see a line going out the door. After 45 minutes, I needed to leave for a meeting at work, and we had made it through maybe a third of the line. I found out later that Blueeowyn took more than two and a half hours to get to the machines.
( rant behind the cut )
When everybody else at work tells me that they only stood in line for 10 minutes, or had no line at all, I feel a little miffed (maybe a lot!) when I have to stand for almost three hours. I'm also disturbed by the lack of church/state separation, the political fliers and article inside the polling place, and the lack of privacy while voting. But I have no idea where to lodge my complaint. The precinct always has long lines, but this was the worst ever, and it's not fair.
