I waited about 5 minutes to turn in my absentee ballot yesterday. They had a table outside the election office. Two people making sure you signed your envelope, time stamp the envelope, and since I was dropping off multiple ballots (mine and DH's) I had to sign the book, and say how many I was dropping off. Here in Colorado, there aren't the long lines, but that's because 70% have already voted! We've got the longest ballot in the country (there are a million propositions and a ton of judge retainments), so they encouraged people to vote early or vote by absentee.