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It was great to see such a large turnout of voters at Burlingame City Hall, but unfortunately, they were in for a long wait. I spent an hour in line midafternoon, and the line had doubled by the time I left. By 5 p.m., the line had grown out to the sidewalk, and the wait must have been hours. Fortunately, the weather was nice, but I have to wonder how many gave up and didn’t vote. This was a relatively short ballot, otherwise it would have been even worse. I feel bad for anyone who got a parking ticket while they were in line to vote.Â
Burlingame needs to set up satellite polling stations with ample parking, so that every resident doesn’t have to go downtown to vote.Â
There is the option to vote by mail, but it is a nice tradition to cast one’s vote in person, alongside our neighbors. It should not be so foreboding to do so.
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Didn't every registered voter in SM county get a mail-in ballot?
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