Posted on 11/03/2020 9:40:39 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HOUSTON - Wearing face masks and standing spaced apart, Americans waited at polling stations early on Tuesday to choose a president on an Election Day marked so far by orderliness and mostly short lines, even as major cities braced for potential unrest.
The masks and boarded-up stores in many city centers were reminders of two of the issues shaping 2020’s polarizing elections, with COVID-19 still ravaging parts of the country after a summer of sometimes violence-marred protests against police brutality and racism.
In New York City, some voting lines snaked around blocks. But in many places lines were short or non-existent, which poll workers guessed was due to an unprecedented wave of early voting, with a record number of ballots cast before Election Day.
In some big cities, buildings were boarded up over fears there could be violent protests later. In New York City, the Empire State Building, Macy’s department store, and the skyscraper that houses the Trump-favored Fox News channel were among buildings that were boarded up. On Rodeo Drive, one of the most expensive shopping streets in California’s Beverly Hills, staff had stripped the display windows at Tiffany & Co. and Van Cleef & Arpels of their jewels and luxury stores disappeared behind plywood.
The fondness among some Trump supporters of forming honking, traffic-jamming caravans of vehicles has spread to New York and beyond, and more such events are planned for later on Tuesday. Some election security experts worry the caravans could break laws, intimidate voters or spiral into violent confrontations.
At a polling station at a library in Tampa, Florida, Biden supporters had set up a marquee with signs for both their candidate and for Black Lives Matter, the slogan-turned-movement around which protesters massed in cities across the United States this year.
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They wish for short lines.
Short lines? More disinformation.
WAHHHHH! WAHHHHH!!!
Look at this poll watchers being denied entry.....
Lots of reports of funny biz in PA.
Not necessarily in all cases and it’s not a bad thing in some cases...
In my area of Florida, over 70% of all registered voters have already voted, either thru absentee or early voting..
Unless the turnout is going to be 100% there won’t be long lines, in the precinct I vote in, we voted early and every day we went by there during early voting there were long lines, today at 8am no one was in line...
Pretty sure that this article was written at least a day or 2 ago. (semi-sarcasm)
Waited an HOUR in Bucks County PA - 11AM to 12PM.
Line a little shorter now.
Folks working the line with info were mostly Biden/Harris supporters:
Hipsters
Nose Rings
Pink Hair
Unsuccessful looking - No other way to put it
Short lines in Texas make sense. The below article is from Oct. 30, 2020.
Texas early voting exceeds total of all 2016 ballots
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3899834/posts
Our polls had the snap-neck what-did-I-just-see
STOP RACISM
STOP SOCIALISM
VOTE REPUBLICAN
signs out in force! LOL Yes, they make me snap around!
As long as such political exercises are within State law distance restrictions to polling booths, no problem. Most seem too be around 10 feet or a little more.
Rooters low turnout is looking at Democrat precincts In Fl
Huh???
An hour and a half to vote first thing in Horry County, SC. Just drove by (about 12:30 noon). Line’s a bit shorter but not by much.
SHORT LINES????????????????????
We just waited 35 minutes to get into the building!!
Reuters has JUMPED THE SHARK.
I pray these four years will put an end to the HOLD that the media seems to have.
That along with the entire dim party. Halleluja!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, people have to stop crying about turn-out.
As Sowell and Walt Williams noted, those with the greatest turn-out are invariably the most tyrannical nations.
Did Antifa or BLM start bombing polling places like some here kept swearing their “buddy” gave them the inside info about?
Short lines .
WOW WHAT BS
Do you mean most of the people standing in line to vote looked like Biden voters? Please clarify - I don’t quite get what you said.
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