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Related: About this forumEarly voting lines are so long, people are fainting. That harms democracy
Early voting lines are so long, people are fainting. That harms democracyIn Georgia some voters had to wait over two hours to cast their ballot in the heat. We need to make it easier for citizens to have their say not harder
Barrett Holmes Pitner Wednesday 19 October 2016 15.58 EDT
To the surprise of few and the consternation of many, thousands of voters in Georgia waited for hours to cast their vote during the states first two days of early voting. Is this a harbinger of the voting difficulties to come in this election?
In four of the most populous counties in the state, Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb and Cobb, Georgians have been forced to wait for over two hours to vote, and in Gwinnett County at least three people collapsed while waiting in line due to heat exhaustion.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/19/early-voting-lines-georgia
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Early voting lines are so long, people are fainting. That harms democracy (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Oct 2016
OP
Waited nearly four hours when I lived in SC, but that's still better than here in WA...
scscholar
Oct 2016
#3
Cha
(297,655 posts)1. Just like in 2012.. nothing changes as far as making
it easier for people to VOTE.
Mahalo, working
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)2. It's the fucking ReThugs way of depressing the vote.
They'll stop at nothing.
I detest them now more than ever. More than words can even say.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)3. Waited nearly four hours when I lived in SC, but that's still better than here in WA...
where we're not allowed to vote in person. We have to mail in ballots, and they usually get thrown in the trash. I'd rather spend time and know my vote counted than to have the country admit to not counting my votes.
ffr
(22,671 posts)4. Show up an hour before the polls open. EV'ers you'll cut your wait in half.
Hang in there. Democracy must prevail!
getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)5. it can be done...
up here in mass, I voted in person last week in less than 5 minutes at my town clerks office. I just answered a few questions, filled out the envelopes, and was handed a ballot.
No lines. No fuss.