Because there are two conflicting laws -- the right to vote, and the mandatory reporting of the vote, there is a capacity issue in any location that opens polls for voting too close to the cutoff time. In an effort to avoid this issue a new law was passed allowing you to vote early, and thus avoid the cutoff on the other side.
It's just that simple.
I'm guessing the polling places being in the courthouse or police station is because they want to protect the ballots. So, the use of a park in a safe neighborhood is particularly offensive, in that it removes that protection by assuming that white people are not going to do something horrible. So, I agree with you on that.
Maybe there were lines and she missed them? No matter -- the idea that we should be able to vote over a time-span is a good one. I'd like to go to the "ALL MAIL" ballot system, with no polling places at all, like is used in (Oregon, I think?).
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Date: 2004-10-15 01:08 pm (UTC)It's just that simple.
I'm guessing the polling places being in the courthouse or police station is because they want to protect the ballots. So, the use of a park in a safe neighborhood is particularly offensive, in that it removes that protection by assuming that white people are not going to do something horrible. So, I agree with you on that.
Maybe there were lines and she missed them? No matter -- the idea that we should be able to vote over a time-span is a good one. I'd like to go to the "ALL MAIL" ballot system, with no polling places at all, like is used in (Oregon, I think?).