Good 30 minute line for me this morning in Scranton. Haven’t had to wait more than 10 minutes or so in the past. Mostly older folks, but that tends to be my area anyway. Hard to say what the vote count around here will be, but my guess is somewhere near 50/50, which is bad for Biden.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, found himself in hot water on social media after claiming that President Trump has lost the ability to win the battleground state, just over 24 hours before the polls close on Election Day. “If all the votes are added up in PA, Trump is going to lose,” Shapiro wrote on Twitter. “That’s why he’s working overtime to subtract as many votes as possible from this process.” “For the record, he’s 0-6 against us in court,” the attorney general added. “We’ve protected voting rights. Now, ignore the noise—vote!”
Like PA Governor Wolf, Shapiro is democrat scum!!
Had two people (looked like husband & wife) in line before me fill out provisional ballots. Both were told by the poll worker that they were sent a mail in ballot, but both claimed they did not get it. Not sure what to make of that. My wife and I voted without any problems.
Last night, just as we finished our run through, Baris’s polling showed Trump had taken the lead in PA.
Late deciders were 3:1 Trump.
LONG line in my Allegheny County polling place. Down the sidewalk, around the corner and halfway thru the parking lot at 7AM. Lots of cops, fire and EMS. Hopefully none of them stupid enough to vote Biden.
However the machines that are supposed to scan the scannable paper ballots were out of order and they were having us deposit them in a ballot box to be scanned later. I was not comfortable with this as whoever does that will be able to see how the ballots were voted. A guy in line was on the phone with a buddy at another polling place where the same thing was happening.
I called the County GOP headquarters to report this and got voice mail saying they would not be open till 9. On election day, guys? WTF???
Went to my polling place at 8:30 and there were between 75 and 100 people waiting. I decided to wait until later today to go because the late morning/early afternoon will be a shorter wait.
Hanover, PA... My Hometown!
Morrisville, PA - I got to the polling place at 6:15, and was 12th in line. They let us into the lobby at 6:45, so 25-30 of us were in the lobby. I asked the Republican committee woman for a sample ballot. The Democratic committee woman observed this, and announced loudly that those who wanted Democrat sample ballots could step up to get one. There was a ripple of giggles in the room, and no one stepped forward. She was mildly embarrassed, and said, “Well this is interesting.”
Then people laughed. This is a strongly Democrat district!
You want to see “interesting?” Watch the returns tonight!
I live in the woods where we have 2 stop signs and more guns than people.
I went to my polling place which is the firehouse next door. Been voting there since 1983.
Surprised to see the parking lot full and lots of people inside. Some wearing masks and some not. Even the officials - some wearing masks and some not.
If this is indicative of the rest of the country, I suspect it will be a blow out for Trump.
I just saw a woman on Twitter posting that she stood in line for an hour only to vote and then they had the people put their ballots in a DUFFLE BAG. I don’t know if I am allowed to post her Twitter handle for those who might be able to help her, but if it’s OK, please reply to this post and I’ll give it to you. I’m hearing bad stuff coming out of Philly too.
Despite the upsurge of COVID in Pennsylvania (my county is now at a 9.8 positivity rate, the fifth highest in the state) there are apparently lots of people willing to brave the virus and vote. The Harrisburg online newspaper is just now reporting long lines at polling places across the state.
I intend to vote in person at 3:00 this afternoon. My employer is giving us paid administrative leave for two hours to vote.
Trump will have more than 270 before PA finishes counting....
My polling place has been insanely busy.
Highest vote totals in 4 years I have worked was 220 or so in 16... we are already near 90 votes cast at 9:20....
Total voter roll is around 300.
I posted most of this on the main thread, but here goes:
I arrived at the polling place in Allegheny County (Western suburb) at about 10 minutes to 7 this morning, and was shocked to see a line of about 50 people there already. This has never happened before. Talked to a few people in line who either requested a mail in ballot and never received it, or didn’t trust mail-in ballots. I tend to assume those who distrust VBM are Trump voters, but you never know. The guy who didn’t get his mail-in ballot sarcastically said they were probably saving it for Biden.
They brought us in in small groups, and I entered at about 7:15. When I went up to the desk, the young woman checking us in couldn’t find my name on the list at first; looking in the wrong part of the alphabet no doubt. Then they handed me a paper ballot! I have used voting machines at that polling place for seven years. Possibly because of COVID. Anyway, I filled it out and put it in a scanning machine. I hope it took. When my BF voted in another county (Washington), the machine gave him a printed receipt.
As I was leaving, a young (30s-ish) woman was outside placing Republican political signs in the grass around the polling location (they gave her permission to do so). That was somewhat encouraging to me, as I tend to stereotype millennials as being Democrats.
There were lots of GOP candidate signs, from state reps to Trump-Pence, that lined the driveway and along the parking lot. Zero Democrat signs. The local GOP had volunteers outside the polling place at the required distance distributing campaign literature. Zero Democrat ground game. This goes along with everything I have observed and heard about in terms of GOTV efforts for the GOP and Democrats in PA.
My daughter was #102 and I #103 to vote. There appeared to be a lot of first time voters in this precinct given the number of people getting out IDs.
I liked the voting process. It was a paper ballot that you filled out and then scanned into a machine which retained the ballot in a locked box. I like paper ballots. The entire process was 48 minutes from the time we arrived till we left. It was orderly without any problems. Everyone seemed to be in the correct place, i.e., no one showing up at the wrong precinct or anyone voting with provisional ballots.
The line was as long as when we left was it was when we arrived. The church across the street was also a polling place (different precinct). It had a line of similar length. Also no signs of Democrats.
I hope this is occurring elsewhere in PA and not just in my little conservative slice of PA.
Just put another on the board in Berks County to Keep America Great. A small line at 11AM after what was apparently a lengthy one early this morning. Only one person handing out sample ballots, and it was for the GOP. My area went 55/45 in 2016. No real insights, but I did my part!
Bucks County - got in line before 7 a.m., waited 2 hours to vote. Incredible turnout. I hope it’s turnout in the right direction! Lots of Karens around here. :(
Allegheny County (Ohio Twp precinct). This precinct went +8 for Trump in 2016. District 1 and District 2 vote in different areas of the same building (weird). Line of perhaps 50 people waiting to vote in District 2; short, but busy line for District 1 at noonish, where the wife and I marked our paper ballots for all GOP candidates and scanned into machine without incident. No voter suppression or illegal signage that I could see.