Strange US Election Polling Stations- 2012 US Presidential Race

This is a collection of  pictures of very unusual Polling places for the on going 2012 US Presidential Elections. US polling stations have been found in casinos, shopping centres, a pet store, beauty salons and and even home garages! By force of circumstance on the East Coast, the devastation caused by hurricane Sandy forced authorities to find alternative safe locations for people to vote.

Below is a selection from US Presidential Elections: America’s Weird Polling Stations [PHOTOS]By Umberto Bacchi and  Laundrettes, temples and a garage: America's strangest polling stations:

In Chicago, Illinois, voters cast their ballots in a laundrette (AFP/ Robyn Beck)

Urbanimal Pet Store polling place in Chicago

at the Krishna Temple in Salt Lake City  (AFP/ Robyn Beck)

at Pressure Billiards hall during the US presidential election in Chicago

David Smith oversaw matters in his father Vincent’s front room in South Carolina, whose
house has been used as a polling station for decades, and in the front room for the last 30 years

at Sam's Auto Sales in Chicago

at the Bay Head Fire Company in Bay Head, New Jersey

Gordies Foundation Barber School at Sam's Auto Sales   in Chicago

at temple in the Mission District in San Francisco

at Delias Beauty Salon  in Chicago

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