Reports from the ground in Arizona suggested that there was a high voter turnout — with lines that reportedly took some voters nearly 90 minutes to reach their destination — as residents voted in the state’s primary on Tuesday.
Here are some of the tweets about the lengthy lines:
Taking a break from sports to work on Arizona election. Long lines in Maricopa w/ just 60 polling places. #AZVotes https://t.co/dFjGHQPlKD
— Michael A. Giarrusso (@MichaelG1) March 23, 2016
Lines Are Long For Arizona’s Presidential-Preference Election: Polling places are open until 7 p.m. https://t.co/u1oeD5CRxa
— NewsTalk 550 KFYI (@KFYI) March 22, 2016
Long lines at polling places in Arizona today. Some report waits if 90 minutes or more: https://t.co/X6NOThsyDj
— Anne Ryman (@anneryman) March 22, 2016
Live updates: Long lines at Arizona primary polling spots https://t.co/LXK6dQa0mW via @azcentral pic.twitter.com/2tHGEKo0nR
— Rebekah L. Sanders (@RebekahLSanders) March 22, 2016
Not ON TV: #Arizona w major voting issues, from voters not getting a mail-in ballot, long lines & few polling places pic.twitter.com/R8kZugSjVt
— #ForThePeople (@BernieVolunteer) March 23, 2016
#BREAKING: Waits of up to 3 hours reported at Arizona primary locations across Phoenix metro area. https://t.co/xMqySzvayI
— 12 News (@12News) March 22, 2016
Lines out the doors for Arizona primary voting. Media reports officials having a hard time keeping up with crowds. pic.twitter.com/1tXEOyrdMr
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) March 22, 2016
One major reason I love Oregon: mail-in ballots. If Oregon can do this, why can’t all the states? It’s worth the cost.
I guess this is Arizona’s way of saying you can vote if you can spare 2-3 hours out of your day.
A friend of mine lives in the Phoenix area and he said they did away with local polling stations (at least in Maricopa County) and you could vote at any polling place. Problem is there are fewer polling places without the local stations. Brilliance.
So, is this going to Browns trying to keep from being reclassified as animals, or Whites trying to get a dang wall built?
Do you know if there is a pattern to where they scattered the polling places?