What will the general election be like, and why don't folks who are cut in front of like that just get in the faces of those who cut in line? It's worth doing, really it is!

Sounds to me like a beta-test for future shenanigans.

The Tennessean files this report from the mid-state:

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Long lines at several polling locations around the state left some voters sweltering in the hot sun for hours and others waiting hours after polls closed to cast ballots.

Delays were chalked up to lengthy ballots and, in several cases, to new computer voting systems. Lines also backed up as people hit the polls after work.

At 9 p.m., two hours after the polls closed, voters were still waiting in Vanleer and the Charlotte area, according to the Dickson County Election Commission.

Vote tallying bogged down in several counties, including Wilson.

In Davidson County, Eastland Baptist Church precinct workers didn't bring the memory card containing the votes cast to the Election Commission office.

"We're out there trying to get it right now," Ray Barrett, Davidson election administrator, said at 11:25 p.m. Thursday.

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"This is the absolute worst voting experience I've had since 1986," said Perri Reed after voting at Mitchell-Neilson Primary School in Murfreesboro.

"I have been in here an hour and 20 minutes. They have three election machines. In a ballot with 13 pages, it's ridiculous to have three machines."

So many people tried to bypass the machine line and cast paper ballots that the practice was halted, said Hooper Penuel, Rutherford election administrator.

At least 600 paper ballots were cast in Williamson County to avoid waiting or learning the computer system, said Assistant Election Registrar Chad Gray.

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At Una Baptist Church on Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville, the voting machines were not ready until about 7:30 a.m., 30 minutes after the poll was supposed to open.

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I am originally from Roane Co and now reside in Knox co...Roane county gov. absolutely amazes me...I have several relatives that still live in Roane Co. and work in Roane co. gov....the things that go on there would blow your mind..I also "worked" the election ..while we were at lunch, a candidate running for county mayor was overheard at the next table telling th story of how he was "run off the road" the night before the election!

I heard on the news that people were voting til 11 pm in Campbell Co with very long lines. They unseated a 16 yr incumbent sheriff up there, after some deputies from there ended up in prison I guess its time. Stacey