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Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

Out to vote now. Just dropped my mom at the door of her place at the county fairgrounds. They have six precincts in town. Three in one building, three in another. I haven't seen it this busy before, but she hasn't voted in a presidential election down here, yet, so I don't have any frame of reference.

My polling place is at our township city offices. The hubster said his wait was 25 minutes at 7 am. We'll see how it is when I get over there.
 
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I'd be curious to see which states and locations have the worst waits.

If you'd be so kind, anyone care to share:
State, location (city, suburbs, rural), time they voted

I'm kind of curious if there's a pattern.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I'd be curious to see which states and locations have the worst waits.

If you'd be so kind, anyone care to share:
State, location (city, suburbs, rural), time they voted

I'm kind of curious if there's a pattern.
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Well, you know where I live, and the wait was nonexistent at 7:30AM, but for reference, every time I have voted there the wait has been nonexistent.
 
melmac said:
Out to vote now. Just dropped my mom at the door of her place at the county fairgrounds. They have six precincts in town. Three in one building, three in another. I haven't seen it this busy before, but she hasn't voted in a presidential election down here, yet, so I don't have any frame of reference.

My polling place is at our township city offices. The hubster said his wait was 25 minutes at 7 am. We'll see how it is when I get over there.
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Usually all 6 are in one building. This is new. In 2004 we had to vote at a local elementary school. That was a cluster****. Starting in 2006 we went to the fairgrounds. I've had minimal wait ever since.

I had a dream this morning that a bunch of us went to someone's house to vote, and the actual voting machines were in the kitchen. Someone asked me who I voted for, and I couldn't remember, even though I had just done so. That's when I realized that I turned in a blank ballot.

I hope I don't have that problem tonight.
 
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mookie went early and was stuck behind 2 peeps who wanted to vote but weren't registered (or were not on the papers that the old women had at the table). a little delay until they were taken to a side table in the middle of the gym where someone was there to fix them up. hope they got to vote.

having to 'register' seems silly.

all citizens should have id. if you want to go vote walk in and wave your card and get a ballot. same card for airline security too, walk right past the xray machines with your card. barcode will pick up your id and if you are some moron, criminal bells will go off. otherwise go get a drink and hang at the gate.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

Voted this morning at 7:15 here in Pittsfield Township (Michigan suburbia). About a 30 minute wait. 2 precincts at my polling location, both about the same wait. Last presidential election I voted after work and my precinct was a 5 minute wait, while the other was closer to 40 minutes.

All primaries and non-presidential year elections the wait is 2 minutes max.
 
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Voted two weeks ago by mail. If you're a registered voter in CO, they straight up mail you a ballot three weeks out and you can leave it in one of the drop boxes around town or mail it back before Election Day.
 
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Hammer said:
Usually all 6 are in one building. This is new. In 2004 we had to vote at a local elementary school. That was a cluster****. Starting in 2006 we went to the fairgrounds. I've had minimal wait ever since.

I had a dream this morning that a bunch of us went to someone's house to vote, and the actual voting machines were in the kitchen. Someone asked me who I voted for, and I couldn't remember, even though I had just done so. That's when I realized that I turned in a blank ballot.

I hope I don't have that problem tonight.
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You have issues, my friend. :)

It took her almost an hour - Precinct 6. Got there a little before 11. As I was parked, watching the space in front of me, three cars came and left, and a fourth had gone in during the time she was in there.

I was in and out in 15 minutes. It was right around noon when I walked in.

For dx's spreadsheet:
We're in the sticks. Mom is in Adrian; hubster and I are technically Madison Twp.
 
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DX, my data might not be helpful for you. Since there is no way Ham Lake doesn't go landslide Trump.
 
melmac said:
You have issues, my friend. :)

It took her almost an hour - Precinct 6. Got there a little before 11. As I was parked, watching the space in front of me, three cars came and left, and a fourth had gone in during the time she was in there.

I was in and out in 15 minutes. It was right around noon when I walked in.

For dx's spreadsheet:
We're in the sticks. Mom is in Adrian; hubster and I are technically Madison Twp.
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No kidding :D

I'm in 6, too. Crap. I think that's the smallest precinct in the city, too.
 
I'm going after work but Jr went this morning after class, about 9, and was done in a few minutes. Mrs went a little later and it was the same.
 
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goldy_331 said:
I'm going after work but Jr went this morning after class, about 9, and was done in a few minutes. Mrs went a little later and it was the same.
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Cake eaters get the best service.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

I went last week for early voting and I stood in line then. By the time I left the line was out the door. Polls I drove by this afternoon were a CF of people trying to get in parking lot. (they have 2 precincts in one place). There are 8 precincts in town. Live in a blue state but my town didn't get the memo. They fit the demographic polsters say go for Trump- under-educated, white and older
 
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I can see the draw of Trump, and if he wasn't such a hot-headed d-bag, that is deep down a clone of Hillary, I may have voted for him. We have to do something about the disaster of Obamacare, it really needs to just go. There is no reason why my parents should have to pay $30,000 a year, for 2 people (6x what it was pre-Obamacare), for insurance with 3x the deductible and out of pocket maximum. It is a huge scam, and it needs to be gone, now.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I can see the draw of Trump, and if he wasn't such a hot-headed d-bag, that is deep down a clone of Hillary, I may have voted for him. We have to do something about the disaster of Obamacare, it really needs to just go. There is no reason why my parents should have to pay $30,000 a year, for 2 people (6x what it was pre-Obamacare), for insurance with 3x the deductible and out of pocket maximum. It is a huge scam, and it needs to be gone, now.
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Keep hearing this. The reason the law was passed was we were going to hell in a handbasket in the medical system. Costs were skyrocketing. That is why things passed. What would have happened if there was no law? (real question that no one seems to consider)

Not at all a fan of what got passed- It was not comprehensive. They gutted the portions that would have cut costs. Did nothing about the insurance companies who are great at scamming people, paying their CEO ridiculous amts of $$ and blaming all the hikes on the law. From the info I had it should have cost approx 3% more for insurance co. Instead we are seeing huge rate increases. I am not an economist but I am in the medical profession and I can say there were some parts of this that really made a difference. Before I left practice I saw people who had not been able to access healthcare for yrs, people who saw real relief because of their pre-existing conditions, kids being covered instead of hung out to dry, people getting physicals and preventative testing done that they had not been able to afford for yrs. All of that is good. Should we stop all those things? I also saw people unable to afford medications, insurance co forcing me to practice medicine in a way that was not the best for the patient, I saw insurance co increase rates, change coverage and HR depts exclude some really weird things. Medicine for profit is a business and people are not machines.

People keep blaming the law. Why is no one blaming the insurance co who are making profits and doing just fine? (Real question)

OK. Pretend I didn't really type all that because we aren't supposed to do politics in the Lodge but I was wondering this on the way home.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #187: Lazy End Days Of Summer

Took us an hour to get to our polling place because one of the roads to the polling place was closed for construction creating an absolute cluster for traffic. We left our house at 708, returned home at 0825. Took us the usual 10 or so minutes to get home. Once at the local high school, it took 5 minutes to vote as they had 13 or so people with the rolls. Bedford, NH. Wealthy suburb of Manchester (queen city of NH). Trump did extremely well in our snotty town in the primary, I expect the same for the general. (It's cake eater land)
 
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leswp1 said:
Keep hearing this. The reason the law was passed was we were going to hell in a handbasket in the medical system. Costs were skyrocketing. That is why things passed. What would have happened if there was no law? (real question that no one seems to consider)

Not at all a fan of what got passed- It was not comprehensive. They gutted the portions that would have cut costs. Did nothing about the insurance companies who are great at scamming people, paying their CEO ridiculous amts of $$ and blaming all the hikes on the law. From the info I had it should have cost approx 3% more for insurance co. Instead we are seeing huge rate increases. I am not an economist but I am in the medical profession and I can say there were some parts of this that really made a difference. Before I left practice I saw people who had not been able to access healthcare for yrs, people who saw real relief because of their pre-existing conditions, kids being covered instead of hung out to dry, people getting physicals and preventative testing done that they had not been able to afford for yrs. All of that is good. Should we stop all those things? I also saw people unable to afford medications, insurance co forcing me to practice medicine in a way that was not the best for the patient, I saw insurance co increase rates, change coverage and HR depts exclude some really weird things. Medicine for profit is a business and people are not machines.

People keep blaming the law. Why is no one blaming the insurance co who are making profits and doing just fine? (Real question)

OK. Pretend I didn't really type all that because we aren't supposed to do politics in the Lodge but I was wondering this on the way home.
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Honestly, for the cost increases we're seeing here, I couldn't care less about the people that benefitted from it.

*As an argument for why it works. It doesn't work. The way it was setup is broken, and regardless of it helping some people, that is not worth the cost of jacking up costs by 7x for the hard working business owners out there.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Honestly, for the cost increases we're seeing here, I couldn't care less about the people that benefitted from it.

*As an argument for why it works. It doesn't work. The way it was setup is broken, and regardless of it helping some people, that is not worth the cost of jacking up costs by 7x for the hard working business owners out there.
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So what's the solution?
 
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