City Councilor Bill Linehan says some of his constituents stood in line for three or even four hours on Election Day, and he's not having it.
On Wednesday, the council considers his request for a hearing to figure out how to prevent the long lines he said became common in his district. In his request, Linehan says five precincts have 4,000 voters each - double the citywide average and nine times the size of the city's smallest precinct.
Linehan says he heard from one voter who got in line to vote at 6 p.m. and didn't finally cast his ballot until 10 p.m.
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Same thing was happening at
By TheVanJones
Mon, 11/26/2012 - 9:18pm
Same thing was happening at the Lilla Frederick too. Glad somebody is looking into it.
Then why didn't you reprecinct?
By anon
Mon, 11/26/2012 - 9:28pm
It would have solved that very problem.
Only the state can
By anon
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 9:11am
Only the state can reprecinct. Councilor Linehan, among others, have asked their state elected officials to do just that to prevent the long lines we saw in presidential. The state has done nothing.
Can the city create sub-precincts, though?
By Ron Newman
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 12:17pm
I know that Cambridge has at least one.
I vote at the Msgr. Powers on
By BPlusPlayer
Mon, 11/26/2012 - 10:08pm
I vote at the Msgr. Powers on 5th & L at 2:30pm. I waited less than a minute.