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There were more polling places available this year than last time and for longer.
Many more than we have now apparently. There should not be multi-hour waits on a regular basis.
Imagine if the original plan to have only a single location open for all of Wake County for the first half of the early voting period had been upheld.
Wake County continues to grow, and an increasing share of voters are trying to vote early. The number of available hours had better be increasing as well if they even hope to keep pace, much less improve the situation.
Most of the people who took advantage of early voting did not do so because they had to based on unavailability on Nov 8th -- most decided they wanted to because 'what the heck.' Fear drives people as much as anything. Fear of lines on election day itself ironically creates an election day where there are short lines and in some cases, no lines whatsoever.
Perhaps the only way to do this is to make every day, 30 days out from an official election day a, "voting day," with extra special snowflake service so people who really don't want to have to bother will have their own voting servant who will attend to them at home or wherever they may be.
...with extra special snowflake service so people who really don't want to have to bother will have their own voting servant who will attend to them at home or wherever they may be.
Oh, ok...I thought you were seriously asking for suggestions. Apparently not.
In 2012 my polling place was practically empty when I walked in to vote after lunch/early afternoon. I was amazed. It was a total of 10 minutes, including driving the 1/2 mi there and back.
I will continue to use absentee ballot for voting in the future. In fact, I've already put a reminder to myself in my Goog Calendar app 40 days before the next election in Nov 2020 to request an absentee ballot. A little planning goes a very long way.
I was wondering why the dramatic reaction to what I assume was twingles' attempt at being lighthearted about her voting choices should anything unfortunate prevent her from getting to the polls.
I think the replies to her post were simply
"I hope you are joking"
Not dramatic at all...
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