People Living In Black Neighborhoods Are 74% More Likely To Wait More Than A Half An Hour

[DanieRains]

To vote than people living in white neighborhoods.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smartphone-data-show-voters-in-black-neighborhoods-wait-longer1/

F you Sinema, Manchin, and every single Republican Traitor.

[elleng]

1. No sh*t, sherlock.

[tirebiter]

2. 1/2 an hour is a lot better than an eternity

Just sayin

[robbob]

11. "More the half an hour"

is a pretty vague measure. Every election cycle we are witness to lines and waits of 3-6 hours in mostly minority districts. Would you wait 6 hours to vote? Many people can’t afford to take that much time out of their day.

[SunSeeker]

3. Yup, that's why 70.9% of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4% of nonwhites.

Systemic voter suppression.

And it's only going to get worse.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/large-racial-turnout-gap-persisted-2020-election

[MichMan]

4. How many of them live in blue cities and states?

Wonder what the breakdown is ?

[dsc]

5. in many states the city you live in has no real power over how and where you vote

[MichMan]

6. And in many others it does

You would expect wait times to be miniscule in solidly blue states compared to red ones

[dsc]

7. that's true

but the 7 hour lines that have become famous are from two where the cities have limited or no role. (Texas and Georgia) In most states counties at best run elections which means most cities really aren't the final say. (New York and LA would be exceptions)

[Johnny2X2X]

8. But that's the whole point

Those cities don't have the final say so the racists at the state level close polling stations in minority neighborhoods. If the cities had more input there sure as hell would be enough polling stations in heavily populated areas.

[Samrob]

9. More of us voting in state and local elections is urgent.

And many powerful organization need to hear from us about where we want our support to go.

I just fired off this response to and AARP solicitation on behalf of my family of which 15 are dues paying members of AARP.

"Unless and until AARP makes voting rights a top issue no more money from my family. Seniors are being adversely affected by the many anti-democratic measures being enacted in many states, especially conservative leaning states. Who is voted into office is an important determinant for many social and medical service issues. The fight against pharmaceutics and their obscene prices for prescription drugs is the second most crucial issue facing seniors today. The record shows clearly which office seekers can be trusted to work diligently for seniors, When we see that AARP is putting our money where our needs are and supporting office seekers at every level who have our best interests in mind and not their stock portfolios, we will start supporting AARP again. Not until then."

I mentioned no political party but left it clear the kind of political office seekers we want AARP to support.

[gopiscrap]

12. welcome to DU

[uponit7771]

10. 1 too many democrats think non-whites taking that long to vote is ok and we should just wait longer

... to do what white people do.

[KentuckyWoman]

13. 17 hrs.

My last in person vote was Lexington KY in a primarily non-white precinct. My husband was on chemo so we went before they opened trying to get ahead of the crowd. The line was already so long we waited 3 hrs after they opened. The folks in line at 10am finally voted about 3am.

Yes. It was an Obama year.

[Anti-Racist Hero]

14. There shouldn't even NEED to be voting booths. It should be all done online or by postage-free mail.

When virtually every other service can now be done remotely, there is no reason whatsoever to have racist precinct restrictions and delays to keep BIPOC from voting.