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US elections are an adversarial system run almost entirely by volunteers. If you don't like how it works in your area or think it disadvantages your guy, you d
by bcoates 14y ago
US elections are an adversarial system run almost entirely by volunteers. If you don't like how it works in your area or think it disadvantages your guy, you don't have to wait for anyone else's permission to do something about it, you can just create a polling place or volunteer at one, or go help people vote.
There is no shortage of money, they can support all the volunteers they can get.
- ck2 14y agoWhat? Each state board of elections is usually partisan. The number of voting places and their resources is designated by someone who is most certainly partisan. Virtually all places that had huge lines, take a wild guess if it was the left or right that was responsible.
- moheeb 14y agoNever thought of it that way! I was watching on the news and wondering where the hell those places were though. I've never even sniffed a legitimate line when I've voted. I have always voted in highly Democratic areas.
- bcoates 14y agoI live in a reliably Democratic area of California and I've both seen and been in long poll lines. I'm not saying there isn't somewhere where local politicians are conspiring to suppress turnout, but often long lines are just a matter of understaffed or under-hosted polling places, which presumably means that the various campaigns would rather have their election-day volunteers calling people or driving them around than running a polling place.