Antioch Baptist Church North

I am reviewing Antioch Baptist Church as a polling location only.
Antioch Baptist Church has been my polling place since 2002. Or at least that was the first year I started voting here. I voted here during the 2004 and 2012 presidential elections on election day. I did not vote here in 2008 because I thought it was going to be packed. I voted absentee that year.
If 2004 and 2012 were any indication, I should not have voted absentee in 2008. Yesterday, I walked through the front doors of Antioch at 6:40pm and exited at 6:44pm. No line, no wait. It was almost completely empty. There were about a dozen polling machines and only one was in use when I walked in.
Since the church was empty, the adjacent parking lot was empty too, making parking a breeze. These conditions have been the case every time I’ve voted here, not only for the presidential elections, but for other elections as well (e.g. voting for TPLOST and Sunday alcohol sales).
Obviously, the emptiness of this polling location is great because it means easy in-​and-​out for voters. However, it’s surprising to me because I presume this polling location covers a lot of voters in west Midtown, Atlantic Station, and Westside Atlanta (Howell Mill, etc.). That’s a lot of people!
The staff here has always been friendly and efficient enough.
Antioch is located near some sketchy downtown neighborhoods, but I’ve never felt unsafe entering or leaving the church because the immediate area is always deserted.
In the end, I give this polling location 5 stars because I never have to wait in line and I’m in and out in a matter of minutes.

I am writing this review on this location as a polling location. I do have to say for the record that I am not a fan of using religious locations as voting locations.
I have come here three times now, the 2006 general election, the 2008 primaries, and the 2008 general election. I have never had any problems here and the election workers have always been professional and mostly efficient. My bar for efficiency has always been lower for government workers or volunteers, but these guys have never disappointed me.
I am happy they are using a computer system to check voter status so that it is very easy to see if someone is trying to vote twice or something unscrupulous. I had applied for an absentee ballot but did not receive it before the election (It actually came via Fed Ex to my house while I was voting) and the computer system knew it. I had to fill out a form that said I was not in fact voting via absentee. This process made me quite happy.
The only issue this year were a few urban outdoorsmen who walked by and in their limited ability to speak English muttered something about voting for Obama so that they could get some free money. It is close to downtown so I guess it is to be expected, but other than that it is a great polling location!