I voted. It took 5 minutes.
November 04, 2008
There’s a secret to voting at Doug Tew. Don’t wait in the outside line if your last name falls between G-Z.
As I settled in for a long wait outside the center about 10:30, a man stopped to talk to the woman in front of me. He was teasing her about his quick voting. I asked his secret.
His answer - last name not A-F.
I got out of line, walked inside the center and right up to the G-P table. There was no line. Poll workers took my ID, marked off my name and gave me a ballot. I was out of there in five minutes.
Only the A-F table had a line. There were no voters at the other tables, just poll workers
There may be a disproportionate number of people in my district with A-F names. But I suspect many of those waiting in the long line outside don’t realize the G-Z’s can go ahead and vote.
As I got my ‘I Voted’ sticker, the boxes showed 1,251 ballots had been cast.
