With a total 180 decisions on the ballot overall, many of which voters say are complicated and confusing, the lines at polling places are expected to take hours to get through on Election Day.
Election officials told NBC 7 that they expect polling places to be packed all day on Tuesday and don’t expect there to be an easy or slow time to show up.
Officials do recommend getting to your polling place or the San Diego County Registrar’s Office early in the day.
NBC 7 stopped by the Registrar’s Office on Monday to chat with early voters on their challenges with voting. Here’s what we found out.
How long did it take you to get through the sample ballot?
We heard anywhere from 15 minutes to a month. Here were some of the responses:
“A few days.”
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“A day.”
“It’s the biggest ballot I’ve ever had.”
What was the most complicated issue on the ballot?
Many people expressed confusion over Prop 62 and Prop 66, the two dueling death penalty propositions. Both could mean a historic change for the death penalty in California. While voting yes on Prop. 62 could put an end the death penalty, a yes on Prop. 66 will speed up executions.
Others voters expressed confusion over the Chargers stadium measures.
“There were like two on the death penalty and two on the stadium. Do you vote for both of them or does one cancel out the other?” one voter asked.
You can still turn in a mail-in ballot at your polling place or at the Registrar’s Office between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Election Day.
You can find your polling place here.
