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DEL.ICIO.USHow long are you willing to stand in line to vote?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s a lot of talk about long waiting lines for early voters and on election day, Nov. 4. I don’t know about your county, but a friend of mine went to the Fayette County Election Office last week and said she waited about 35 minutes.
I started wondering if that was a fairly common wait time; so I called April Crosby, the Fayette County voter registration officer.
She confirmed what I already thought and had some other things to add: “The average wait time last week was about 30-45 minutes,” Crosby said. But she really wants voters to know is this: 1) Starting today there are four locations where Fayette County residents can vote from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. a) Tyrone library B) Peachtree City Library C Two locations in the Fayette County Administrative building-Suite 210 or the public meeting room, downstairs.
2) If you can help it, don’t come around lunchtime because that is when the waiting time and lines are longer.
3) If you don’t make it for the early voting this week, then the next available day to vote, will only be Tuesday, Nov. 4. “We need Monday, Nov. 3 to prepare for election day.” 4) Make sure you bring a government issued identification. 5) If you want to shorten your time on Nov. 4, you can preview the ballot online at www. fayettecountyga.gov.
Given all this information, if you have to wait until Election Day to vote, how long would you be willing to wait in a line? One hour? Two Hours? Or more?
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By Local resident
October 27, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
I live in Clayton County, eventhough my address is Fayetteville. We waited in line on Friday morning for 3 hours. We got to the Jonesboro courthouse about 9:00am and did not finish voting until 12:15pm.
By SHANIKA
October 29, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
I STAN DERE LONG AS IT TAKE FO ME GIT MY VOTE FO OBAMA DID AN DEN WE SEE WHUT DA MAN HAS TO SAY