2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFUCKIN WOW!!! ONLY ONE EARLY VOTING LOCATION IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY OHIO !!!
Roland Martin 10:32 am central on Tamara Hall
One early voting location in large black area in NC !!!
Update for perspective: There are over 1 million population in heavly minority places with one early voting location... that shouldn't be.
But fuckin M$M isn't reporting the voter suppression shit just that "black votes are down" what the fuck !!!!
Donald tRump kisses Putin, the FBI and some other fucker in the mouth and the M$M doesn't report that .. jus some shit about fuckin emails !!!
Pissed, I've been keeping up with this election like its been crack and didn't know about the single voting places in these area's
I think someone posted the other day that there's been more reporting on emails than all issues COMBINED !!!
fuck the M$M this go round, they've been beyond disappointing no doubt
Update 2: Looks like a DU'r is on top of it and has a good handle on how things are moving in these areas, See post 22
Don't like thousands of people waiting to vote but it looks like things are moving at a stead pace
and still
Fuck the M$M
Botany
(70,581 posts)This is not a big problem or a conspiracy. In large counties the voting locations are
such that they can handle thousands and thousands of voters. And they have been
open for a long time too. In OH they close at 5:00 PM today but if you are in line before
5:00 PM you will be able to vote and your vote will be counted.
And you can always go and vote @ your local precinct tomorrow.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... this link says it was only one hour that's still too long and the quip below was columbus
http://statenews.org/post/thousands-line-cast-their-ballots-final-weekend-day-person-early-voting
The line stretched down the length of a strip mall and twirled around a giant parking lot. And although thousands of people showed up on the final weekend day of early voting the average wait time was only one hour.
Botany
(70,581 posts)the last two sundays have been "souls to the polls" day when African American Churches
bus and car pool their people to early voting locations. The important thing is that
nobody is leaving those lines.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... you're right... it degrades the non enthusiasm shit the M$M is pusshing...
Good to hear those numbers but I'm pissed the M$M is under reporting the suppression relative to the rest of the bullshit
Botany
(70,581 posts)We have lots of problems but these early voting places are not one of them.
Even though the lines are long we have very few walk aways from the line.
One reason is that people voting on the weekends do not have to leave the
polls in order to get to work.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)The Franklin Co BOE is in an old Kohl's store. While the parking is mostly adequate, the differential between counties is stark---Cuyahoga has 1,256,000 people vs Vinton County with 13,000.
Dems fought this in court, but....
Oh, and Franklin Co has 1,252,000 people for reference.
Botany
(70,581 posts)We have people there right now working the lines.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... all flex schedules had to be at work.
Booths full, all brown folk... lol... I'm so wanting her to whoop his ass
Maeve
(42,288 posts)Vote absentee myself, since I'll be one of those "polling place ladies" tomorrow (no sneakers, comfortable flats!)
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)http://www.vox.com/presidential-election/2016/11/6/13542680/there-are-4000-people-in-a-half-mile-voting-line-in-cincinnati-today-this-isn-t-okay
much more at the link
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... people too but I thought not to mention that number since I couldn't find it on google
This is fuckin disgusting.... but emails... you know... cause that's more important and shit for the M$M
fuck em
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)especially if a person is disabled, doesn't own a car or has to pay for transportation. Or doesn't have the time to take a day off work- travel/wait to vote/travel home. Republicans always want to suppress the vote.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... those GOP fuckers.
But no, the M$M says emails is waaaaay more important than this type of suppression
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)county, period. This is voter suppression.
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)It is pure suppression.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... big thing that pissis me off is emails is more important than voter suppression.
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 7, 2016, 01:36 PM - Edit history (2)
levels and midterms we get our arses handed to us at so many levels by the Rethug RW. They dominate governorships, state houses, and US House delgations, so they gerrymander and pull tens of thousands of micro and macro shenanigans. We have huge cities who are checked thusly at state level . Plus the small populated states, which are mostly hard red, have huge oversway nationally.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)In Texas the state republicans didn't allow early vote on last weekend, early vote ended last Friday.
At least we had several locations to early vote per Tx county's of Harris and Fort Bend. My location had plenty, about 12 booths set-up and there wasn't a wait at 10 am although the lines were very, very long by lunchtime.
Republicans LOCAL- don't want to make it easy for the regular Americans to vote or register to vote in America.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)His polling place was in a typical suburban strip mall with tons of parking and very easy access. There were 3 whole people voting when he got there and a dozen poll workers to help him with the new voting machine instructions. The machines have some kind of dials, and my brother is 74. That being said, I'm sure the voting process on the West and South sides of Ft. Worth was much, much harder for black and brown folks.
still_one
(92,395 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)I wont even go through all the other shit that happened in between (but think Jim Crow, dogs, poll taxes, literacy tests, lynchings, etc). Now the White Right is so much more sophisticated at keeping our voices and votes down. And telling people to just email or e vote (is that even allowed???) is pure white privilege rationale. So is voting by mail as many do not have a steady place to live (white homeless too). Dont even get me going on that fucking plonker news reporter holding a pair of fucking handcuffs on live telly!!!!
BARRIERS always BARRIERS!!!!
Fucking makes me rage.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)still_one
(92,395 posts)Maeve
(42,288 posts)within walking distance the other week
My Ohio EV location is 30 minutes away (so I mailed it in and it has been accepted)
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)It's the only way to change this.
Of course it's voter suppression, the assholes don't even try to hide it. If only the people that show up to vote for President would show up to vote for local and State offices this practice could be ended.