Charlottetown / 74 - Park West Lodge: Worst Polling Place Ever

If I hadn't voted there before I'd have had no idea from the outside that this is where I'm supposed to vote. As of 10:00am there were no signs on the outside of the building. To get to where you have to vote you have to go inside, down a set of stairs at the back of the building, down a hall and around a corner and into a room in the hallway that doesn't look any different from any other room.

The voting process was slow, just one person taking your name and giving you your ballot, and there didn't look like much more room for another table if they needed more pople by the end of the day.

This isn't specific to this polling place, but the uniformly-sized ballots mean that i n Charlottetown where 6+ parties are on the ballots, the print size for party affiliation is very very small.

The best part, though, was upon leaving, to get out the front door you had to push on two silver buttons to get the door to open. I think this is a way to keep the residents of the home from escaping.

When I was in Fredericton in 2004 everyone in the city had to go to the exhibition grounds to vote, which was a half hour walk in the hot Summer sun each way for me. But on the plus side everything was clearly marked and well-organized.

But on the bright side at least they didn't lose a page in the voters list.