Daily Topics - Tuesday November 8th, 2016
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- Was Voting Easy Or Hard?
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Long lines at polls
On Monday, Thom said waits at polls longer than an hour is suppression. Likely, but conceivably there could be higher than expected turnout, fewer resources in some locales. Maybe a more distinguishing criterion should be whether the long waits are across the board, and particularly the degree of disparity --- e.g. 15 minutes in some areas while hours in others. Such disparities need to be investigated and dealt with. While voting is not a constitutional right and absent that it might be difficult to make a case on constitutional grounds; a case can be made for equal opportunity --- e.g. people who only wait 15 minutes to vote, are more able to vote than those who have to wait 4+hours. Those who have shorter wait times, are getting more democracy than those with hours-long waits.
Dan
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