[Summit] Voting

[Douglas Itkin]

Anyone who hasn't voted yet should preview the ballot online:
http://sos.ri.gov
or while standing in line (it's posted on the wall at polling places)

For details about the City Charter questions (8-18), see explanations
here:
http://www.providenceri.com/board-of-canvassers/2012-providence-ballot-question-and-charter-0

My wife, kids and I spent a full hour voting at Hillside. (noon-1). The
line was from the front door to the table (shorter line on the right for
names M-Z).
Yes, there are many questions, but you aren't required to vote on every
line of the ballot.  Some were about gambling,t borrowing, and many for
City Charter "procedural votes" .

Personally, I had read the ballot and the explanations ahead of time, and
it still took a couple minutes to go through the ballot.  I made sure I had
all the candidates selected correctly, then moved into the long questions
section.

Good thing there weren't any math or essay questions on today's test of
democracy !!!!  :)

Douglas


On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Coryndon Luxmoore <coryndon at luxmoore.com>wrote:

> Did it in less than an hour at 1pm on hillside. Its all about the length
> of the ballot though turnout may also be high. --C
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> Coryndon Luxmoore
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> On Nov 6, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Emlyn Addison wrote:
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> Ridiculously long wait at Summit polling on Hillside. Came this morning
>> was told the wait was up to two hours. I'm back, to try again. Long line at
>> 3:20. This is no way to run a democracy. If I can't get out if here in less
>> them an hour I am going to have to forfeit my right to vote. It wasn't like
>> this when we voted at Fire station. Any thoughts on who was behind this
>> change?
>>
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> I was there at 8:15 this morning and the wait was estimated at 1 hour. I
> had to leave. I went back at 11:15 and waited in line for an hour and
> voted. Very cold.
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> I don't remember such long lines in 2008. Additionally, this ballot is 5
> pages, which takes more time overall.
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> The biggest problem is that they only have 2 lines: A-L and M-Z (the
> latter ALWAYS being shorter). Folks? How about 4 lines? 6 lines? They'd
> need more voting booths, for starters.
>
> I agree that the most basic principle in voting is to make it easy. This
> was not.
>
> Emlyn
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