Utterly outrageous that, in Ohio, courtesy of the Republicans who hold power, there is only one single Early In-Person Voting location per county. That may be fine for the 12,000 people of Vinton County, but entails serious voter suppression for the 1.5 million people who live in Cleveland, Ohio.
Utterly outrageous that, in Ohio, courtesy of the Republicans who hold power, there is only one single Early In-Person Voting location per county. That may be fine for the 12,000 people of Vinton County, but entails serious voter suppression for the 1.5 million people who live in Cleveland, Ohio.
Our county in SC has 4 early voting locations for ~66,000 people. That's total population, not registered voters. The early polls are spread geographically around the county which helps lower income rural residents early vote. There can be lines, but it is sufficient since they are open for 2 weeks. I run a poll on E Day, and by that time about half the voters who will turn out have already voted.
Question: Will the voters who are in line at the advertised poll closing times, on Election Day and on Early Voting Days, be allowed to vote? In previous elections I believe the answer was Yes. This time around, I am less confident.
Less confident only because the Republican Party, in its current MAGA incarnation, is doing all sorts of things that were previously unthinkable. The guardrails have been removed.
Before Baker vs. Carr, in some states state senators were elected by county. Which was a Wyoming/California situation but on an even larger scale because mosts states have a lot of rural counties.
By the time Baker v. Carr kicked in for AZ, Maricopa County had a majority of state population, but only 2/28 Senators. The least populous county was Mohave, which also had 2 Senators, but which at the time of the 1960 census had 1/86th of Maricopa's population.
The Georgia county unit system was worse; if you ever get the time, there are some great history books on voting systems in the US where the small minority dominated the states elections laws and used them against the masses
Utterly outrageous that, in Ohio, courtesy of the Republicans who hold power, there is only one single Early In-Person Voting location per county. That may be fine for the 12,000 people of Vinton County, but entails serious voter suppression for the 1.5 million people who live in Cleveland, Ohio.
Time for Dems to put an amendment on the ballot requiring at least one early voting site for every 5,000 or 10,000 registered voters.
Our county in SC has 4 early voting locations for ~66,000 people. That's total population, not registered voters. The early polls are spread geographically around the county which helps lower income rural residents early vote. There can be lines, but it is sufficient since they are open for 2 weeks. I run a poll on E Day, and by that time about half the voters who will turn out have already voted.
Question: Will the voters who are in line at the advertised poll closing times, on Election Day and on Early Voting Days, be allowed to vote? In previous elections I believe the answer was Yes. This time around, I am less confident.
Why are you less confident? As far as I know, that's never been challenged.
Less confident only because the Republican Party, in its current MAGA incarnation, is doing all sorts of things that were previously unthinkable. The guardrails have been removed.
Yes they will. It is long established federal law.
Before Baker vs. Carr, in some states state senators were elected by county. Which was a Wyoming/California situation but on an even larger scale because mosts states have a lot of rural counties.
By the time Baker v. Carr kicked in for AZ, Maricopa County had a majority of state population, but only 2/28 Senators. The least populous county was Mohave, which also had 2 Senators, but which at the time of the 1960 census had 1/86th of Maricopa's population.
The Georgia county unit system was worse; if you ever get the time, there are some great history books on voting systems in the US where the small minority dominated the states elections laws and used them against the masses