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I've voted all my life here in BC and never had to line up. Never. Where I am now I went in, said 'Hi!' to Elaine and showed her my ID and she sent me down to someone else (who I didn't know) who handed me a ballot and I went behind the cardboard shield, picked up the pencil, ex'ed the ballot and dropped it into the cardboard box.It's hard for me to consider the USA a true democracy.
We are 180 degrees opposite here. Everyone gets to mark a ballot.
However, that ballot unopened must meet certain criteria is the voter is not on the Canada Voter List...yes we have a printed list of the names of every person who has voted in an election in the last 20 years or so. Not on the list? No Id? No problem. Have someone swear for you and your validity. However that ballot can be subject to a challenge by any of the registered parties.
We get very low turn outs. They are still counting the ballots in the provincial election a week ago where the socialist NDP has a slight edge over the right wing fascist dictatorship Conservative party...but then I am neutral.
The only reason for it to be more difficult or complicated than that is to serve someone's political agenda