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chirp chirp little bird...
Every time I vote, it takes less than 10 minutes. Mainly because voter participation is so low. Elections should always be free and fair. It's not fair that it's that quick in some places but some people have to wait 7 hours to vote.
It's only like that because of the gop:
https://www.esquire.com/news-p...-vote-super-tuesday/
"in the wake of the Supreme Court’s having gutted the Voting Rights Act, Texas had gone out of its way to close 750 polling places."
This is from 2012!!!:
No One in America Should Have to Wait 7 Hours to Vote
https://www.theatlantic.com/po...ours-to-vote/264506/
This is happening not because of a natural disaster or breakdown in machinery. It is happening by partisan design. Alarmed by the strong Democratic turnout in early voting in 2008, Republican lawmakers, including Governor Rick Scott, reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to eight. When the restrictions were challenged in federal court under the Voting Rights Act, a three-judge panel said they would have a discriminatory impact upon minority voters. But only five of the state's 67 counties are covered by the federal civil rights law.
When the remaining restrictions were challenged in federal court, a George W. Bush appointee said there was no proof that the reduced hours would "impermissibly burden" minority voters. How many hours in line must a Florida voter wait before the burden upon her becomes an "impermissible" one? If Florida's election officials, and its Republican lawmakers, and its state and federal judges, all were required to stand in line for seven hours to vote those long lines would go away forever. You know it, I know it, and so do those officials.
How about Ohio, another "battleground" state governed by partisan fiat. Its election rules are administered by a secretary of state, Jon Husted, who just a few years ago was the GOP speaker of the state house. Like their counterparts in Florida, Ohio's Republican lawmakers sought to restrict wildly popular early-voting hours around the state. And again the federal courts blunted the impact of their new rules. So what has Husted done? He's focused his energy this weekend ginning up ways to justify discarding provisional ballots cast by his fellow citizens.
It's actually impressive how the gop has managed to override the common sense of some people and replace it with talking points.
1. get ballot in mail
2. fill out ballot.
3. mail ballot or take it to the courthouse, or city hall, or police dept, or fire dept, or library, or utility dept, or school, or wait to election day and deposit at polling location.
So mail in voting or not, I'm good. Y'all know you would have a come apart if you had to wait seven hours.
hmmm I am trying to think of a democrat voter that I know who has common sense. Dang can't think of one.
There hasn't been one since 'give'm bombs' Truman.
aww you guys are upset. did i hurt your feelings? Rub some dirt on it. You'll be alright.
It's okay friend. I'm here for you whenever you need to talk.
Hold that thought, if it's not too much.
@Jack Hammer posted:Hold that thought, if it's not too much.
I won't hold my breath. Holler if you need something...
Why would I need something of such little to no value,,??
thin skinned... that's for proving my point