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Waiting outside on a cold night for hours[1] is more than just "slightly inconvenient," particularly if you have kids and work. Also, if people are only voting
by Chathamization 9y ago
Waiting outside on a cold night for hours[1] is more than just "slightly inconvenient," particularly if you have kids and work.
Also, if people are only voting once every 2 years, then they're still opting not to vote in a lot of elections (elections where there vote has a lot more impact).
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/upshot/why-long-voting-lines-today-could-have-long-term-consequences.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/upshot/why-long-voting-li...
- gsnedders 9y agoThe solution surely if to make voting quick and easy; I rarely hear stories of long queues for voting from outside of the US.
- Chathamization 9y agoIn the U.S. it's often an intentional way to suppress the vote of certain groups (the same with voter ID laws[1]). That's the problem with efforts to increase turnout - there are plenty of people in power who want to decrease turnout because it helps them politically. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/some-republicans-acknowledge-leveraging-voter-id-laws-for-political-gain.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/some-republicans-ackno...