Avoid long lines and vote on election day

CNN:

Dana Zoladz and four friends thought they would cast ballots Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. Then they learned how long they'd need to stand in line.

Zoladz, 27, and her friends gave up after realizing there was a six-hour wait at the Franklin County early-voting center at the Veterans Memorial. She decided to try again on Election Day.

"Six hours is ridiculous in terms of waiting in line," her father, Dan Zoladz, told the CNN Voter Hotline.

Dan Zoladz was one of many people around the country who contacted the Hotline this weekend, some awed at the turnouts at early-voting centers and others frustrated by the waits.

The Hotline, which voters can call through Election Day if they see a voting problem, has received nearly 25,000 calls, almost 6,000 of which were from people seeking their voting location. CNN's partner, InfoVoter Technologies, has transferred 16,000 callers to their local board of elections so they can get help with problems. Watch who is being affected by long wait times »

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I learned my lesson a few years ago. The only early voting place in Washington county is at the Court House and it always has long lines. But on election day there are probably a couple hundred polling places. I have never had to stand in line behind more than one or two people to vote at my polling place which is in Catholic convent where the Nuns raise miniature horses.