@ronguest The second time, I know we lost at least a dozen people the first day due to language difficulties, school, law enforcement connections, or other excusable reason (and then I think a lesser number of the second group the second day for the same). That time they also decided, after the initial general questioning, that they were going to do all follow-up questioning individually, which slowed things down a good deal compared to the prior time.
I don’t know if we have a limit on strikes; the prior time, I was potential juror 50-something and they filled the jury only 1 or 2 people before me; the most recent time, I know we had people from both groups on the final jury.
At any rate, kudos to your county for making jury selection speedy, because we all know from Tom Petty’s official anthem of jury duty that the waiting is the hardest part ;-)