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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Rachel Maddow has an interesting piece here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#27508339

where she is criticizing the long lines of 3, 4, 5, 6 hours to vote and equates them to a poll tax. I don't know that I'd go so far as to call them a poll tax, but the lines would discourage many people from voting. She mentions that in Ohio more than 100,000 gave up in 2004. What would happen in northern states if there were a snow storm on Election Day? Or just very cold weather. Neither are impossible in early November.

There should be some mechanism to force states to open more polling places to alleviate these long lines.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

long lines are taxing

khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

Don't they have several weeks to vote?

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

There's gotta be a better way (although it seems some like it just the way it is).

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

The Canadian election, my poll took me about 15 minutes, and that included registering to vote.

nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

Unless the people are willing to pay higher taxes so that there can be more polling places, it won't happen. Whats worse, higher taxes or missing 5-6 hours of work? Too bad most people are too short sighted to appreciate the choice. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.