What time of day is a good time to vote?

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Yes, but what you're forgetting is that Rich is desperate for an opportunity to wield his righteous indignation at how the election works. It would really make his day, to be turned away.

Not really. First I would absolutely not allow myself to be turned away, especially since I have only missed two elections in about 20 years.

Most of the issues will be around first time voters.

PA does not have early voting, just absentee. Since we are a large battleground state, this should be interesting when everyone descends upon the polls on Election Day.

Here is an election guide from the League of Women Voters that should advance the discussion. On pages 25-26 it discusses challenges and how provisional ballot voters can verify that their vote was counted.

Essentially, any voter can be challenged by any other voter, but a challenge does not automatically result in a provisional ballot. People who have been foreclosed upon and are living somewhere else can still vote at their old polling place upon signing an affidavit. However, voters or partisan officials can make unlimited challenges, which could delay voting.

Can a person’s right to vote be challenged at the polls?
Yes, but a challenge alone is not enough to keep a voter from voting.156 A person whose name
appears in the poll book can only be challenged as to identity, residence in the election district, or
a violation of election law.157 But, no voter whose name appears in the poll book may be properly
challenged on the basis that s/he has moved out of the district because where a voter has moved
out the district, s/he is entitled to vote at her/his old polling place one last time after signing an
Affirmation of Elector, updating her/his address.158

BTW, for the voting in Virginia, what are the weekend hours? This situation in sounds horrible, but not as bad as waiting until election day. 5 hours on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, and 8 hours on weekdays. If people have access to computers, they can check wait times in Broward county.

Broward County early voters can cast ballots on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and three hours Sunday, from 1 to 4 p.m.

At Broward's 17 early voting sites Friday, wait times ranged from 30 minutes to three hours.

Election officials expect a record number of people to vote early at the 17 locations in Broward and 20 locations in Miami-Dade as both presidential campaigns make major pushes to encourage people to vote before Nov. 4.