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My understanding of the 6th Circuit's ruling is this: a person who shows up at the polls on the election day and isn't listed on the voter rolls must be given the opportunity to cast a provisional ballot, no questions asked, but that provisions ballot won't count unless it is determined that the person casting the ballot was elible to vote IN THAT PRECINCT.
Now just imagine the following scenario: after waiting a few hours in line, a would-be voter is told that their name doesn't appear on the precinct voter roll. No explanation is given as to WHY they aren't listed, and no or not they have shown up at the correct polling place. The person is then given a provisional ballot, but they aren't told that the ballot won't be counted if it turns out that they have shown up at the wrong polling place. I'd say that under those circumsatnces, the odds are pretty good that the person will simply fill out the provision ballot and go home (or back to work, etc.). And I'm sure that prospect thrills the Republicans, because they know that many of the provisional ballots will end up being disregarded.
Personally, I think the poll workers should be under an affirmative obligation to determine whether a prospective voter who isn't listed on the voter rolls has shown up at the right polling place, and, if they haven't to direct them to the correct polling place. Handing them a provisional ballot that won't count is a sham.
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