...lots of signs about what to do and not to do. And one informing everyone that per SC law you can only be at a polling station for a max of 3 mins. I didn't know there were legal time limits.

Might be referring to this:

www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t07c013.php [link]

SECTION 7-13-760. Time when voter must leave booth and voting place; voter must be alone in booth and must not talk while voting.

No voter, while receiving, preparing and casting his ballot, shall occupy a booth or compartment for a longer time than five minutes. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a booth or compartment already occupied by another, nor to speak or converse with anyone, except as herein provided, while in the booth. After having voted, or declined or failed to vote within five minutes, the voter shall immediately withdraw from the voting place and shall not enter the polling place again during the election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.55; 1952 Code Section 23-349; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

Combined with this:

SECTION 7-13-1820. Persons within guard rail; time permitted voters to vote.

After the opening of the polls, the managers of election shall not permit any voter or other person to pass within the guard rail until they ascertain that he or she is entitled to vote, in the manner required by Section 7-13-710, as the case may be, and only one voter at a time for each voting machine at the voting place shall be permitted to pass within or be within the guard rail to vote. No voter shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes, and if he shall refuse to leave it after the lapse of three minutes, he may be removed by the managers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-422; 1952 Code Section 23-422; 1950 (46) 2059.

In a somewhat expected, but still stinging news, the people who bought my former house are tearing it down to the ground. Like everything, all the trees, the pool, the foundation, everything. All that work that DH did with the floors, closets, kitchen and baths, the pool and patio. All going to dirt. They are building some mansion of some kind. Also sad to say that my first thought was that it was the same thing that Bobby did to my family. So I'll be working on letting it go today.

Oh no, Laura!

Yikes Brenda! Glad everyone got out safe and your house was unharmed. That is not an ideal way to start a morning.

Fingers crossed that everything goes well for Prubs.

Oh Laura. That’s awful.

Three minutes is way too short! Im curious about the intent. At first I thought it was so someone couldn’t clog up the polls by lingering. But I can think of more nefarious reasons too.

We have like 1,024 judges on our ballots. 3 minutes? It is to laugh.

Yikes, brenda!

That sucks, Laura!

The poll workers were commenting about how busy it was today, which should be a good sign. I have a day off from work today, since I’m a city employee. I was going to buy a camera off of craigslist today, but the seller flaked out on me.

I'm going to vote after work, by which time I hope this goddamn migraine goes away. Our polling place keeps moving, and (amusingly) getting closer and closer to our house. In 5 years it might be in our living room, which would make voting SO EASY, for me at least.

brenda, that's terrifying. So very glad you're all right, and I'd put another bottle of whiskey through the router for your neighbors if I could.

Laura, I share your pain - Ken was in Salt Lake a few weeks ago and walked past our old bungalow. He chatted with the people working on it, and they let him inside - all the original woodwork I'd restored, the tile work I did on the fireplace and the bookcases I'd built with my dad were gone. So was the Wedgewood stove Jim had restored for me as an anniversary present. My garden was gone. I cried for a solid five minutes.

My NY sister is worried about the governor's race there, a lot. My FL sister tells me my brother and his wife voted, so that cancels out our votes. I'm wearing a blue shirt, maybe that will help.

Oh, amyparker, that is so rough.

DH took some pictures of the yard, and it was a mess. He said the roses were thriving, as they seem to love neglect. Hard to see with all the weed growth though.

My FL sister tells me my brother and his wife voted, so that cancels out our votes.

You’re cancelling out theirs.