voting lines

Election day waits

Voting lines are the queues that form at polling places during elections, as voters wait their turn to cast ballots.

Long voting lines have become a political issue in themselves, sometimes indicating insufficient resources in certain districts: Some people waited in voting lines for over four hours.

The phrase often appears in discussions of voter access and election administration.

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election day · waiting · democracy · election · precinct · poll workers · casting · civic · turnout · registration · poll · standing · crowds · patience · November · districts · early · absentee

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absentee voting · postal voting · remote voting · electronic voting · early voting

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voting linesvoter suppression

Tactics discouraging ballot access

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