Before voting began on 25 January 2010, electors were already queuing at the New Recreational Ground in Sandy Point, Saint Kitts, during the general election. Local news reported that within fifteen minutes of the first ballot, the lines had grown to about 120 people. Voters stayed despite heavy rain, and one first-time voter said the wait had exceeded four hours. Even in a small island state, the distance to a ballot box is not measured only in kilometres. Standing in rain and keeping one’s place turns an electoral system into a physical, everyday experience of waiting for a turn.