[DontBreakAlex]

In europe, voting typically happens in one day, where everyone physically goes to their designated voting place and puts papers in a transparent box. You can stay there and wait for the count at the end of the day if you want to. Tom Scott has a very good video about why we don't want electronic/mail voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI

[tempestn]

Electronic voting and mail voting are very different things though.

[vasco]

They both share the fact that you don't see your vote enter a ballot box.

[w3ll_w3ll_w3ll]

In Italy we typically vote for two days, usually Sunday and Monday or Saturday and Sunday.

[jampekka]

Many countries in Europe have advance voting.

[silversmith]

Off the top of my head, I can't think of an EU country that does not have some form of advance voting.

Here in Latvia the "election day" is usually (always?) on weekend, but the polling stations are open for some (and different!) part of every weekday leading up. Something like couple hours on monday morning, couple hours on tuesday evening, couple around midday wednesday, etc. In my opinion, it's a great system. You have to have a pretty convoluted schedule for at least one window not to line up for you.

[mrighele]

Italy has mail-in vote only for citizen residing abroad. The rest vote on the election Sunday (and Monday morning in some cases, at least in the past).

[chrisandchris]

Europe, expect in the middle of it in Switzerland where at least I know nobody that actually goes to the voting place. We do it by mail.

[ed_elliott_asc]

UK is a one day affair with voting booths typically open like 6 am to 10 pm

[xnorswap]

With the option to do a postal vote, or vote-by-proxy.

[wodenokoto]

We do mail voting from embassies or consulates when abroad.

[speakfreely]

Voting seems like one of the few problems that blockchain is actually the solution for.

[Sammi]

Nope. Blockchain has no anonymity.