(Standard disclaimer but we’re not a typical Philadelphia division. Generally we are in the top 1% of the 1700 divisions in turnout terms.)

A half hour to go and we have hit 500 in-person votes for the day and we’re a vote or two from 80% active voter turnout.

https://x.com/elenfornewtown/status/1853878606348402919 https://twitter.com/elenfornewtown/status/1853878606348402919

400 in-person votes in 420 minutes. We are now below the one voter per minute rate for the first time today.

342 voters in 300 minutes. With 212 mail-ins we’re officially over 55%. If we don’t count inactive/likely moved voters in the denominator, we’re at 62% turnout with 8 hours to go.

114 voters in 75 minutes. Morning rush is over.

Other than some last-minute emergency absentee ballots being issued today, we know exactly who has been issued a mail-in ballot for this election. It hopefully goes without saying that no ballots of any kind can be issued after Election Day.

In 2016 we were busy all day and then totally dead from 6:30-8:00 pm. Maybe that will happen again but I guess don't count on it.

(This may well be universal advice, but I've only ever been a pollworker in Philadelphia.)

As a judge of election I would much rather direct you to the place where you are on the voter rolls than have you vote a provisional ballot with me. A machine vote will be counted for sure, and on Election Night. A provisional will be counted much later, or possibly not at all.

Other countries with voter ID requirements have IDs issued by the national government. The national governments are also the primary repositories for birth records. Are IDs a function we want to nationalize? (Very few voter ID proponents want this.)