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rhythmaningI have voted in every election I have been able to. It isn't that complex a procedure (apart from this one!): walk in, pick up a bit of paper, go into a cubicle, put a cross in a box. It has never taken more than a minute or two, and I have never had to queue.
There were pictures on tv yesterday of people queuing for four hours to cast their votes in "early voting" in the US Presidential elections, and the radio news had just described long queues to votes today, too.
Could someone explain to me why voters in the US have to queue?
There were pictures on tv yesterday of people queuing for four hours to cast their votes in "early voting" in the US Presidential elections, and the radio news had just described long queues to votes today, too.
Voters queuing in New York - picture from the BBC website (no photographer credited)
Could someone explain to me why voters in the US have to queue?