Jackson Jambalaya

I am wondering if the voting precincts in Madison that are in the 3rd district only had a third of their normal number of voting machines, or if this was only happening in the Thompson/Marcy district? I waited almost 2 hours to vote and witnessed at least 12 people leave because they had to pick up children. We only had 4 machines instead of the usual 10-12. Just curious. The only person I know in Madison that is the 3rd district only had to wait 25 minutes.

wlbt is calling thompson already.

I live in Flora which is in D3. I waited less than one minute. There were four or five machines.

I never thought that in 2010, in one of the most progressive counties in the state, that I would witness such flagrant disregard for the right to vote. Many voters in the Parkway Precinct in South Madison County were denied the privilege of voting today because the Madison County Election Commission simply failed to provide an adequate number of voting machines.

Thanks were Smooth as could be at Casey school (pre # 33)

Workers seemed to know what they were doing & really cared. they were busy, but in and out in not time, we should report the good WITH the bad

I would say that the voting operations should be reviewed prior to any calling of the race there. Polls close at 7PM and hours waiting? Isn't there any oversight to this? Plan B?

7:32, it wasn't limited to the Thompson/Marcy district. I vote inside the city limits of Madison, and ducked out of work on my lunch break thinking I could get in there and get out. Wrong. At around 11:30 there were I'd estimate 70-90 in line with 3 machines. The lead poll worker was offering paper ballots, but I declined. Not sure why they'd be trusted to handle those properly if they can't even provide an ample number of voting machines.

The people of Madison County need to remember this in 2012 -- that's when you get to vote on election commissioners again. What they did yesterday was beyond incompetent. THREE MACHINES in a precinct where you had ELEVEN in 2008? I know the mid-terms don't have as HIGH a turnout as the other major elections, but come on.

I think the Legislature should consider adding "I don't trust my county to adequately manage polling places" as a reason to get to vote absentee.

I watched at Victory Baptist on Hoy Road most of the day, and while no one ever had to wait more than 15 minutes or so to vote, there still were only three machines and five workers. I might feel differently if the county was paying rental on each machine and had to consider costs in how they allocated them on election day, but to leave machines in the warehouse when the turnout estimate is so obviously wrong? The election commissioners need to be held accountable for this. Bill Billingsley

The number of voting machines in each precinct should be mandated by law based on the total number of registered voters in that district. Simply establish a ratio of machines per number of registered voters. This should not be left to the subjective judgment of individuals.

When I was in line at Parkway Pentecostal in Madison, I stopped counting at 225 people in line. Many people had to leave and were unable to vote because of this. I have a friend who voted in Canton, they had the same number of machines this election as they did in the presidential election. You have to ask yourself why would the election commission cut the number of voting machines at certain polling places and not others. Very interesting. This will definitely be remembered in 2012.