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Republican Voter Suppression Efforts

Paul Hogan said:
And I could give two shits about Austrian elections or voting procedures.
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Of course you don't, because actually looking at how other countries do things instead of just 'MURICA #1 is hard and requires critical thinking.
 
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Paul Hogan said:
For all you fucking Cobb County voting rights experts, here's an interactive map showing wait time for the ELEVEN early voting locations in the county. Right now, two are closed, one has a 45 minute wait, and eight are slammed. Don't go vote right now.

https://cobbcountyga.maps.arcgis.co...ndex.html?id=1c3b458b93b3436db03c77cf585b23d2
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Sounds like a county with (quick check) SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE needs more than 11 voting locations.

Again, you don't want to hear how other countries do it ... Vienna has roughly 2 million people. There were (quick check) EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY voting locations last weekend.
 
vadimivich said:
Sounds like a county with (quick check) SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE needs more than 11 voting locations.
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Guilford County, which has 530,000 people, has 25 early voting sites. Forsyth County has 350,000 people and 16 early voting sites. 11 is a disgrace.
 
Biff you have to understand what's happening in GA. 11 early voting locations for 760K people is voter suppression.
 
vadimivich said:
Sounds like a county with (quick check) SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE needs more than 11 voting locations.

Again, you don't want to hear how other countries do it ... Vienna has roughly 2 million people. There were (quick check) EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY voting locations last weekend.
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What the fuck is wrong with you ? There is no requirement that a single person vote early. If you're so concerned about the state of affairs here, come home and run for office or volunteer to be a poll worker.
 
Strange hill to die on for biff. Usually your Col-lite blurbs are just drive-bys, why are you catching feelings and doubling down on this one?
 
BillBrasky said:
Biff you have to understand what's happening in GA. 11 early voting locations for 760K people is voter suppression.
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Is it ? How many did they have in 2016 ? The answer: About Exactly ELEVEN spread throughout the county. The same number as 2016, so it's not like they devised a sinister plan since then.

Also, the GIS map with wait times is a useful tool that is designed to make voting more efficient for eveyone; i.e. make it easier to vote during the early voting period.

Also, Cobb County has approximately 525K registered voters, not 760K. If there's a 60% turnout for the election that's 315K voters. With 11 sites each processing let's say 500 voters each for 17 days (10/12-10/30, closed Sundays) that's 93.5K voters, or 30% of a large turnout. Lo and behold, I just checked those numbers and Cobb County cast exactly 326,424 votes for president in the 2016 election.

And also, as it appears that nearly all of the early voting locations in Cobb County are working at capacity, there are a lot of people waiting in line to vote for Trump as well as Biden.
 
if Georgia Tech was in charge of early voting he'd have a different tune
 
When the choice is to defend a southern state with a history of voter suppression, and more specifically the previously super white, still super racist county you were born in, you have to do it.
 
vadimivich said:
No, fuck you. It's not a Disney World ride, it's the absolute most basic element of our democracy.

Here in Austria there's a single voting day (always on a Sunday, so nobody has to work) and the average turnout is 72.45% of all voters (there's no registration, citizens are automatically registered on their 16th birthdays). And there's never lines. Lines discourage voting.

Here's the awful lines we just had this past Sunday:

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The US is abjectly bad (intentionally so) at easing the voting process.
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We have a constitutional republic!
-Sen. Mike Lee
 
Paul Hogan said:
Is it ? How many did they have in 2016 ? The answer: About Exactly ELEVEN spread throughout the county. The same number as 2016, so it's not like they devised a sinister plan since then.

Also, the GIS map with wait times is a useful tool that is designed to make voting more efficient for eveyone; i.e. make it easier to vote during the early voting period.

Also, Cobb County has approximately 525K registered voters, not 760K. If there's a 60% turnout for the election that's 315K voters. With 11 sites each processing let's say 500 voters each for 17 days (10/12-10/30, closed Sundays) that's 93.5K voters, or 30% of a large turnout. Lo and behold, I just checked those numbers and Cobb County cast exactly 326,424 votes for president in the 2016 election.

And also, as it appears that nearly all of the early voting locations in Cobb County are working at capacity, there are a lot of people waiting in line to vote for Trump as well as Biden.
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Why would it matter who they are voting for? I think the point is that voting should be easier than it is currently.
 
birdman said:
Why would it matter who they are voting for? I think the point is that voting should be easier than it is currently.
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It should. So elect some people who want to spend more money on voting and election day efforts or move to Vienna.

This is the system today. Go vote. But if you don't want to wait in line forever during early voting, look at the map that the county has provided you with and check the wait time first. Or, if you're committed to early voting, request a mail in ballot, or just plan on voting on Election Day.
 
Louis Gossett Jr said:
When the choice is to defend a southern state with a history of voter suppression, and more specifically the previously super white, still super racist county you were born in, you have to do it.
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If only the GOP cared about voting rights the same way that biff goes to bat in every thread for all things Georgia.
 
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