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Brunner: Ohio voting “brisk and orderly”
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner reported as of 10 a.m. today, Nov. 4, that voting in Ohio so far has been “brisk and orderly” according to reports to the Citizen’s Response Center.
“Our office has spent 22 months preparing for this day, in partnership with Ohio’s bipartisan boards of elections. Thanks to that hard work and cooperation, Ohioans are seeing the success of our preparation today, voting in record numbers in an orderly and efficient system,” Brunner said in a press release.
Highlights of Ohioans’ voting experience, according to Brunner:
The maximum wait time as reported to the office is no more than 1 hour in most large precincts.
The longest average wait time reported to the office is approximately 1 hour in Lucas County.
Sporadic machine issues have been reported - primarily Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail jams that are easily fixed and some instances of precinct-based optical scanners that are not working, but voters are still able to place their ballots in a secure box for scanning later.
Reports indicate poll workers are quickly fixing the hiccups and are offering voters backup paper ballots in touch-screen voting machine counties.
The two-line directive, one for touch-screen voting machines and one for back-up paper ballots, is keeping lines moving.
Some voters have been confused about Ohio’s ID requirements, so the Secretary of State is working with boards of elections to reinforce poll worker training on eligible ID.
There are widespread reports of voters choosing back-up paper ballots.
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By TRS
November 4, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
Voted around 10 in Englewood, walked right in - no wait. Only issue, they asked to see my ID - isn’t that voter surpression?By Rob
November 4, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Where did Fox News report that? I just checked their site and found no such story. Where can I find that?By Squirrellygirl
November 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Reports at Fox News of Black Panthers blocking and intimidating voters. This is what our voting system has come to.By Diane
November 4, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
Not true about the paper ballets being kept in secure boxes. Several precincts in the area are just stacking them on chairs or tablesBy Barb in GA
November 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
It’s brisk for this election year. Most people in Georgia waited in lines from 2-8 hours over the past 2 weeks to vote.By Rob
November 4, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
I agree - I don’t know that I’d choose “brisk” as the qualifier of choice. But it was nice getting caught up with some neighbors I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. We had about a 45 minute event, start to finish. Like my grandmother used to tell me - “If that’s the worst thing that happens to you, you’re having a good day!”By April
November 4, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
Oh I’m not complaining…I just think it ironic to use the term brisk to define a wait of an hour because it’s certainly not “Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick”By Cheryl
November 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
I spent two hours at the poll in the Wright State area. It became bogged down when some of the students weren’t on the registration roster. Other than that everything went really well.By Cheryl
November 4, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
I spent two hours at the poll in the Wright State area. It became bogged down when some of the students weren’t on the registration roster. Other than that everything went really well.By Terry
November 4, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
An hour is really a short amount of time,considering most people are willing to wait that amount of time to dine out,relax an enjoy being an AMERICAN!!!By Larry
November 4, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
I’ve voted in every NOV election since 1969 and this morning I encountered the longest line that I have ever seen. Good to see that everyone is getting out and exercising their right to VOTE!By April
November 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
Since when is an hour wait “brisk”?