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In the US, hours-long lines are routine. Not everywhere, but poorer places tend to have fewer voting machines and longer lines. We've been closing a lot of pol

In the US, hours-long lines are routine. Not everywhere, but poorer places tend to have fewer voting machines and longer lines. We've been closing a lot of polling places recently: https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting-vote-1-5-election-day-polling-places/story?id=114990347 https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting-vote-1-5-election-day-p...

conductr 1y ago
We have early voting, nobody has to wait, they choose to wait
- iAMkenough 1y ago
  We're on year five of one of the two parties telling voters to not trust early voting. Their choice is because of the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt created by the propaganda they are fed. Here's the President of the United States on Sunday: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115441871289276790 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1154418712892... "No mail-in or 'Early' Voting, Yes to Voter ID! Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop Vote is! Millions of Ballots being 'shipped.' GET SMART REPUBLICANS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!"
  - conductr 1y ago
    That's all happening too, but it's honestly a different topic altogether. We have the ability to vote early. Whether you trust it or politicians are trying to undermine your trust in it, etc.... whole other can of worms
    - jfengel 1y ago
      Not everyone does. It varies from state to state. Red states in particular have little to no early voting.
tags2k 1y ago
You have early voting, some choose not to trust the early voting system.
christkv 1y ago
Voting machines slow down voting from what I understand
- esseph 1y ago
  Have not for me. I mark on a paper ballot that then gets fed into a machine to be recorded. That leaves a paper copy and a digital voting record.
- jfengel 1y ago
  Not as much as hanging chads do.
- vitorgrs 1y ago
  At least in Brazil, that's not the case. You get there to vote, and it doesn't take longer than 5 minutes to leave the place.

conductr 1y ago

We have early voting, nobody has to wait, they choose to wait

iAMkenough 1y ago
We're on year five of one of the two parties telling voters to not trust early voting. Their choice is because of the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt created by the propaganda they are fed. Here's the President of the United States on Sunday: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115441871289276790 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1154418712892... "No mail-in or 'Early' Voting, Yes to Voter ID! Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop Vote is! Millions of Ballots being 'shipped.' GET SMART REPUBLICANS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!"
- conductr 1y ago
  That's all happening too, but it's honestly a different topic altogether. We have the ability to vote early. Whether you trust it or politicians are trying to undermine your trust in it, etc.... whole other can of worms
  - jfengel 1y ago
    Not everyone does. It varies from state to state. Red states in particular have little to no early voting.

tags2k 1y ago

You have early voting, some choose not to trust the early voting system.

christkv 1y ago

Voting machines slow down voting from what I understand

esseph 1y ago
Have not for me. I mark on a paper ballot that then gets fed into a machine to be recorded. That leaves a paper copy and a digital voting record.
jfengel 1y ago
Not as much as hanging chads do.
vitorgrs 1y ago
At least in Brazil, that's not the case. You get there to vote, and it doesn't take longer than 5 minutes to leave the place.