Election Day reports

Disorganization, split lines, people cutting, and overwhelmed poll workers at St Nectarios. Not sure why they thought the biggest election in years was a great time to redo the entire process.

At Agassiz School in JP, the line looked really long and stretched through many corridors of the school; however, it moved quickly and was well organized in the gym and took about 30 minutes or less in total.

At Ward 11 Precinct 1, the long-time poll worker said they'd had more voters in the first 50 minutes than usually vote all day long. I couldn't get a glimpse of the ballot counter to discover the number of ballot cast, because the poll worker was so busy feeding early voting ballots in.

Big lines both outside the library and St Nectarios at 7:30-8.

Inside report was 1 hour to vote at St N this morning but ward dependent.

60 or so people in line at the Mary McCormack location at 6:45am. By the time I got to the door at 7:10 another 40 or so had queued up behind me.

I was # 54 and the place was jumpin'.
Grumpy BPD officer had to slow the line down, he was clearly not in the mood to move fast today.

Voted in Ward 2, precinct 6 this morning. Got in line around 7:05 and voted around 7:35 -- was #105. Last time I waited in line was 2008 presidential. Also walked by Zelma Lacey House on my way to the T and the line there was about a block long.

Voting Precinct 2 (Hosmer School) there were about 40 people in line right before the polls opened at 7. I got in line at 6:59 and was out the door with my sticker by 7:20.

Line out the door and down the block in Eastie, Sam Adams school around 7:10. NEVER seen more than 3 people in the polling place at a time, let alone a line. They let us fill out ballots on the steps of the stage while the cubicles were all occupied, so the line was fast, but growing.

Got to the poll (Boston Baptist College) at 7:04; there were about 60-70 people in front of me and it took 1/2 hour. First time I remember waiting in a line like that there in the nearly 25 years we've been here. Hapy to see it.

Joined the line at the Condon School in Southie at 7am this morning. Cast my ballot by 7:55am.

Voting took ten minutes at 8am.

I was alarmed to see no lines.

I asked an election official about it. She told me when they opened at 7am the line was the longest she'd seen in 12 years of working at this precinct.

They could not see the end of the line when they opened. But they'd gotten everybody through by the time I arrived. Nice job!

The workers are stressed because they have to find time, during the day while the polls are open, to count all the early and absentee ballots, while simultaneously serving voters in line.

There was a dour looking "Election Observer" present.

It made me glad to be voting in a place where I didn't feel like anyone could actually intimidate me. I wish we lived in a country where everyone could vote without fear.

About 20 minutes total in Quincy's Ward 5. But it's usually only a few minutes here. The poll worker said, "Wow, I thought everyone voted early!"

Line only inside voting room.

I know its not Boston, but no line this morning at 10 at my Watertown polling place.

in and out in 5 minutes at Boston Arts Academy

No line at the Salemwood School in Malden! My husband and I were in and out in about 10 minutes around 8:15 this morning.

The lines would move so much faster if they handed out sample ballots for voters to fill out while waiting in line. Then when you get to the booth, you only need 2 minutes to copy your answers instead of 5 minutes to ponder whom to vote for as Register of Deeds.

Slow moving lines in Elm Hill but small lines, felt like ~50 more or less.

Near Maverick Square the line went out the door about 150 feet. Took about 20 minutes to get inside. It's crowded, but moving along. The usual volunteers look amazed and happy at the turnout. They've added a couple of extra people to help.

...to voters in line by yesbetterboston.com in the South End. Regardless of your stance on the proposal, not cool and illegal. Reported.

...when I was walking by.

Voted at Hampton house on Northampton St. By 7:15am line was around corner well onto Washington St. Out of there in 1 hr 45 min. Remember it was about 2 hrs in 2012. Community Room always seems way too small for the amount of voters that move through there

Walked in at 10:45a, walked out at 10:50a. Not sure what the lunch rush will be like, but I'm glad I waited out the pre-work rush hour.

11:30 St George Emmonsdale St, no line in/out
West Rox Library, no line visible outside

Julie's Learning Center in Southie, arrive at 8:36 am, left at 8:48 am. Quickest I've voted in an presidential election since 2004.

For all those complaining about long lines, if you voted in all the smaller elections and primaries during a 4-year cycle, maybe the gov't might make some changes to the polling process and be able to better identify trends/problems and how to fix them with long lines at the polls. But when it only happens every 4 years, it's tougher to sort it out. Get out and vote—not just today, but next Sept., and next Nov., and if there's any special elections to replace an official selected to the prez cabinet.

I waited about 5 minutes to vote at the Beethoven at about 10:30.

(That was longer than I've ever waited before.)

About 420 people had voted in my precinct, which is about twice as many as usual at that time.

At 11:35a I walked right in and was out the door in under 5 minutes. No line at all. Zero. Maybe a dozen or so people were already at the kiosks voting, but nobody waited in the 5 minutes I was there.

It was kinda disheartening. I wanted to suffer to use my right to vote. I wanted to struggle and fight, but I guess someone already did that for me.

Thank you to everyone who made it possible, from the Founding Fathers to the polling-place volunteers. Voting is the single most important thing I can do as an American citizens, and my biggest struggle today was getting there by bus.

As the late Alphonse Capone said , " Vote Early and Often ."

Ward 15, Precinct 1 at the Lilla Frederick School.

I went in to work late today after a night shift, so my wife and I voted about 10:45-11:00. Place was busy - I'd say busier than what I saw there in '08 or '12. Parking lot full, cars on curbs and out into the back field (which usually has been just poll workers).

At least four different precincts set up in the gym there.

Lucked out - we walked in, no line at the check-in desk (though they must've just checked-in several - most of the little cubicles were in use). The other precincts had short waits to check-in. By the time I was done, there were eight or ten people waiting to check-in at mine.

They seemed fully staffed, the accessibility reader was working correctly, and we had less than the usual amount of annoyance from people violating the 150 FT law.

When I fed my ballot first page into the scanner, it read 566, so I assume that means I was #283.

Voted at Central Fire Station in Revere a little after 8:30 this morning. Only one person ahead of me at the check in table and plenty of empty booths to choose from.