[EL] time at the polling booth

[Stephanie Singer]

I’m sure this depends also on whether voters mark their ballots by hand. 

For voters who don’t mark by hand, the definition of “in the actual polling booth” may be ambiguous. For example, in many Georgia polling places voters go to a touchscreen machine to mark their choices and then carry the piece of paper produced by the machine to an optical scanner. In between, they may have to pass a poll worker who reminds them to verify that the choices on the paper are correct. What’s the “polling booth” in this situation?

> On Jul 8, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Pildes, Rick <rick.pildes at nyu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of data about how much time voters typically spend casting their ballots in the actual polling booth?  I’m sure this varies depending on how many races/issues are on the ballot, particularly in states that have a number of ballot initiatives to vote on in certain years.  I’m aware of the good piece by Dan Smith and Michael Herron in Electoral Studies, but that’s based on one polling place in a low turnout election in NH.
>  
> I assume most voters spend less than five minutes, but I’d appreciate any information that might be out there, whether empirical studies or even good anecdotal reporting.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Best,
> Rick
>  
> Richard H. Pildes
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