Given what the likely demographics of this forum are, vs. the demographics of the places where they kept the lines long, it's not surprising none of us had to wait all that long.

A friend of mine trotted out that old Emma Goldman quote about voting ("if it changed anything, they would make it illegal"). I had sworn I was going to smack the next person who said that in my presence. It turned out even better ... the person who said it had known Michael Schwerner's brother (of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner). I reminded him of that fact, and of all the efforts that have been put into making voting illegal for so many people, once again, in the past few years. I think that shut him up.