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bmpbmp

(310 posts) Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:33 AM Oct 2020

3rd day of early voting, Gwinnett County

These are the most current wait times for Gwinnett, sourced from https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/web/gwinnett/departments/elections/waittimes

Elections Office 3 Hrs Updated at 09:57 AM
Bogan Park 2 Hrs Updated at 09:57 AM
Dacula Park 1 Hr 30 Min Updated at 09:57 AM
George Pierce Park 1 Hr 30 Min Updated at 09:57 AM
Gwinnett County Fairgrounds 1 Hr Updated at 10:00 AM
Lenora Park Gym 2 Hrs Updated at 09:58 AM
Lucky Shoals Park 1 Hr 30 Min Updated at 09:58 AM
Mountain Park Activity Building 2 Hrs Updated at 09:58 AM
Shorty Howell Park Activity Building 3 Hrs Updated at 09:58 AM

I've always been in and out in 5 minutes. It might've been 15 minutes in 2016.

Amazing to see these kind of wait times on day 3 of early voting. Day one they sort of dismissed, calling it "the perfect storm", since it was the first day, a holiday, and "glitches".

Voting should be sooo much easier and quicker to accomplish. I've never seen so many people so dedicated to making their vote count.

Imagine a Division 1 College Football program, that every year, the first game of the season, they have some random ticket scanning problem that creates a 2-3 hour delay in getting into the stadium. At half-time, there's still 40,000 fans waiting to get in.

The end of the line finally enters, just in time to catch the post-game fight song.

And it happens... like clockwork... every year.

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3rd day of early voting, Gwinnett County (Original Post) bmpbmp Oct 2020 OP

Do you have a sense of what specifically is causing the issue? DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #1

I would think they have to bmpbmp Oct 2020 #2

Thursday AM ga_girl Oct 2020 #3

Thanks for the update! bmpbmp Oct 2020 #5

Wait times are improving ga_girl Oct 2020 #4

Thanks for the links! bmpbmp Oct 2020 #6

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)

1. Do you have a sense of what specifically is causing the issue?

Reply to bmpbmp (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:35 AM

Oct 2020

I agree these times are ridiculous. I am just trying to find out if the precincts are deliberately slowing this down?

bmpbmp

(310 posts)

2. I would think they have to

Reply to DonaldsRump (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:44 AM

Oct 2020

There's no other excuse. The glitches (which should've been worked out BEFORE voting started) ought to have been resolved by now. Read one report from yesterday a precinct only had 1 of 6 machines working.

ga_girl

(198 posts)

3. Thursday AM

Reply to DonaldsRump (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 09:36 AM

Oct 2020

Pulled from the Gwinnett web site 10/15/20 10:15 am

Gwinnett Voter Registrations & Elections Office 1 Hr 30 Min
Bogan Park Community Recreation Center 45 Min
Dacula Park Activity Building 15 Min
George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center 30 Min
Gwinnett County Fairgrounds 20 Min
Lenora Park Gym 45 Min
Lucky Shoals Park Community Recreation Center 50 Min
Mountain Park Activity Building -
Shorty Howell Park Activity Building 1 Hr

I heard on the radio yesterday that a networking issue had been discovered with the check in equipment. This is a step before the normal poll pad check in, and is used to identify your district / combo, if you've voted absentee, cancel an absentee if it's brought in, etc. This isn't used on election day because a voter is supposed to be in their precinct. Supposedly the network issue has been resolved.

Saying that, it's panic time either at the state or county level. My precinct manager called me early today saying that we're supposed to handle double the number of voting stations. Our precinct doesn't have the space to do this.

bmpbmp

(310 posts)

5. Thanks for the update!

Reply to ga_girl (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:12 PM

Oct 2020

Have been checking times during the day today, and they seem consistent with those of Thursday. And this is Day 5!

Really amazing turnout this year. Really hoping to see big changes as a result!

Can you imagine if we were still in days gone by, and everyone voted on election day? The process has evolved so much, by necessity and to a lesser extent convenience. I hope the evolution will continue in years to come. I will be interesting to see.

ga_girl

(198 posts)

4. Wait times are improving

Reply to bmpbmp (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 10:13 AM

Oct 2020

Fulton County
http://fulcogis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/6ec69e7c9eb84b31865fb2a71f4ba667
27 sites less than 30 minute wait, 2 over 1 hour

Cobb County
https://cobbcountyga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1c3b458b93b3436db03c77cf585b23d2
Not as good. 4 sites less than 1 hour, 5 sites over 1 hour

bmpbmp

(310 posts)

6. Thanks for the links!

Reply to ga_girl (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:13 PM

Oct 2020

It's great to follow.

Wish there was one for DeKalb county!

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