Just voted in Wisconsin. Details of my experience in comments...
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Today's voting wasn't at my usual polling place, but at another location nearby. I expect they combine several districts when it's smaller than a presidential election.
Parking was easy. Getting in one of the lines was easy. There was only one person in line ahead of me. When I got to the table I handed over my license and she looked me up in the computer, then asked me to verify my name and address. I had to sign on a digital pad and she scanned the code on the back of my license. Then she gave me a little slip with my ballot type, ward number, and voter number (not sure what's up with that)...
I then took that slip to the next line, which was longer but moving at a decent pace. There I got my ballot and ball point pen and was told to fill out only as much as I can and only the first side, and instructed to send it into the machine afterward. Behind those tables and lines were signs ("observers") and about 4 people just standing back there watching the check-in and ballot-giving processes
Off to the side were 10 folding table style voting booths, six in the far row and four closest to the lines. Three were wide open when I selected mine. I filled in all my little circles and proceeded to the ballot swallowing machine. The lady said it didn't matter which way I entered it, but she had me stay after it went in to make sure the vote count displayed on the screen increased by one, and it did.
All in all, I left, voted, and made it back home in less than half an hour. The ladies handing out ballots said it's been very busy. I said that's good
Now we wait...
Those of us who don’t live there thank you for voting today!
Truth be told, I really didn't want to go do it after being up 12 hours already and working all day. But as I said while putting on my jacket - this is too important!
Those of us who live there thank you for today! I voted on Friday 👊
Thank YOU!
Curious, what was on the back of the ballot?
Damn it. I should have looked more closely. 😔 I flipped it over and glanced to make sure I heard correctly about "only the front", and there was nothing on the back for voters. In the bottom, I don't know, maybe fifth? of the page was an outline box with print and lines and boxes, but it was 'official' type stuff and I didn't bother to see what. (I think maybe district/ward stuff like my slip?) I just wanted to get out of the public and home to my solitude
It was like u/Tropism said, nothing for the voters on back. The bottom fifth was just the part where whoever checks them or validates them, maybe for absentee or after the election is done or if a machine can't read it?
I'm in Alabama and your voting process sounds pretty much the same as ours, though we did not vote in my area today.