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Originally Posted by heehaww
Probably a dumb question: since you have no time limit in the voting booth (false premise?), what would happen if someone spent 7 hours in there, thus preventing hundreds of people from voting? Would people just be SOL?
Yeah, false premise. If someone, or a group, tried to 'sit-in' a polling place the cops are going to be called, they'll read the riot act, and if the protestors don't disperse, they get to go to jail. During this process, the polling place could be moved, and/or polling hours extended. There already are contingency plans and/or process to deal with a roof collapsing, flooding, power outage, etc at polling places.
Some voters have special needs, or differing abilities, and can't use a standard polling booth or machine. There are supposed to be ways for these people to vote regardless, often by providing curtained off areas, and/or allowing assistants. If you are taking up a booth for some unusually long period of time, you can be requested to complete your voting in such an area instead of continuing to occupy a standard booth.