I've gone on record to state I do not understand early voting since absentee voting has been available for ages and accomplishes the same thing.

I had no need to vote early but I decided to stop by and get it out of the way since I had a meeting a block away. Wanted to see what it was all about.

First thing to understand, se use paper ballots, so there are no electronic hijinx going on.

Second, there is only one early voting location in all of Hamilton County, Ohio which is in the top 3 in population in the entire state. There are approximately 580,000 registered voters in Hamilton County. The sole early voting location for the county is at at the Board of Elections in Over the Rhine in downtown Cincinnati. Per the 2010 census, there are only 6,000 people who live in OTR. That number has gone up quite a bit in recent years. Lets call it 15,000 total population with all of the new condos on line.

If you live in a suburb like I do, it is a 30 minute drive or more just to get to the early voting location in OTR. Add 15 minutes for traffic and looking for/paying for parking. If you need to take a bus, its probably a transfer and the better part of a morning just to get there from where we live.

The early voting location is in one of the historically highest african american population centers in downtown. Its also now populated by lots of young professionals since the urban gentrification has been under way for 5-8 years. Lets just say, this is not exactly Trump or Johnson territory.

Busy place today. They had about 40 people in line when I got there so voting early actually cost me an extra half hour than it would have if it was in my own precinct. Not exactly convenient but then again, I was just seeing what this was all about and I had some time to kill. The wait was not a big deal.

Summary? I still don't get it. If they are going to do this, they need to place them throughout the county. There is a voting rights civil claim in here somewhere. That might be interesting.

Quote:Summary? I still don't get it.

Not every poll station is as quick and easy as it is in the suburbs. For some a half hour wait in line is significantly easier than what they will face on election day.

(11-01-2016 02:24 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I've gone on record to state I do not understand early voting since absentee voting has been available for ages and accomplishes the same thing.

I had no need to vote early but I decided to stop by and get it out of the way since I had a meeting a block away. Wanted to see what it was all about.

First thing to understand, se use paper ballots, so there are no electronic hijinx going on.

Second, there is only one early voting location in all of Hamilton County, Ohio which is in the top 3 in population in the entire state. There are approximately 580,000 registered voters in Hamilton County. The sole early voting location for the county is at at the Board of Elections in Over the Rhine in downtown Cincinnati. Per the 2010 census, there are only 6,000 people who live in OTR. That number has gone up quite a bit in recent years. Lets call it 15,000 total population with all of the new condos on line.

If you live in a suburb like I do, it is a 30 minute drive or more just to get to the early voting location in OTR. Add 15 minutes for traffic and looking for/paying for parking. If you need to take a bus, its probably a transfer and the better part of a morning just to get there from where we live.

The early voting location is in one of the historically highest african american population centers in downtown. Its also now populated by lots of young professionals since the urban gentrification has been under way for 5-8 years. Lets just say, this is not exactly Trump or Johnson territory.

Busy place today. They had about 40 people in line when I got there so voting early actually cost me an extra half hour than it would have if it was in my own precinct. Not exactly convenient but then again, I was just seeing what this was all about and I had some time to kill. The wait was not a big deal.

Summary? I still don't get it. If they are going to do this, they need to place them throughout the county. There is a voting rights civil claim in here somewhere. That might be interesting.

you must be a minority right?

Rath I voted early down there at the Board of elections early last time, long line, maybe 4 white people anywhere in line or inside.

(11-01-2016 02:34 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(11-01-2016 02:24 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I've gone on record to state I do not understand early voting since absentee voting has been available for ages and accomplishes the same thing.

I had no need to vote early but I decided to stop by and get it out of the way since I had a meeting a block away. Wanted to see what it was all about.

First thing to understand, se use paper ballots, so there are no electronic hijinx going on.

Second, there is only one early voting location in all of Hamilton County, Ohio which is in the top 3 in population in the entire state. There are approximately 580,000 registered voters in Hamilton County. The sole early voting location for the county is at at the Board of Elections in Over the Rhine in downtown Cincinnati. Per the 2010 census, there are only 6,000 people who live in OTR. That number has gone up quite a bit in recent years. Lets call it 15,000 total population with all of the new condos on line.

If you live in a suburb like I do, it is a 30 minute drive or more just to get to the early voting location in OTR. Add 15 minutes for traffic and looking for/paying for parking. If you need to take a bus, its probably a transfer and the better part of a morning just to get there from where we live.

The early voting location is in one of the historically highest african american population centers in downtown. Its also now populated by lots of young professionals since the urban gentrification has been under way for 5-8 years. Lets just say, this is not exactly Trump or Johnson territory.

Busy place today. They had about 40 people in line when I got there so voting early actually cost me an extra half hour than it would have if it was in my own precinct. Not exactly convenient but then again, I was just seeing what this was all about and I had some time to kill. The wait was not a big deal.

Summary? I still don't get it. If they are going to do this, they need to place them throughout the county. There is a voting rights civil claim in here somewhere. That might be interesting.

you must be a minority right?

Hahaha! I was a white guy in his mid 40s in a suit so I was invisible to the paid minorities and hipsters handing out slates to have the robots vote straight tickets. Irony is that I am registered democrat who is the product of a union family.

(11-01-2016 02:37 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Rath I voted early down there at the Board of elections early last time, long line, maybe 4 white people anywhere in line or inside.

It was about 50/50 today.