What's up with this "near capacity" stuff? I thought everyone had the right to vote; there isn't supposed to be a limit on the number of people allowed to vote. It's not like concert tickets; it's a right and a duty of all citizens. This has nothing to do with the number of people allowed to vote but the number of people registered to vote. Georgia law states that when the number of registered voters in a precinct exceeds a preset number {I do not know if it is the same number across the state, different for rural area and city precincts, or a precinct by precinct determination.} the registration list will be split and a new precinct will be created. In the 2000 election many people complained about standing in long lines on the day of the election, the state passed the vote early procedure. Before to vote absentee you had to be out of the precinct, the one in which you are registered to vote, during the day of the election. {I do not remember, but any reason was a valid reason.} Now if you do not want to stand in line you may vote early, the week before the election date!
The north side of the county is predominately white; the location given is a nice park. The south side of the county is predominately African-American; the location given is the police station. Does this sound similar to the intimidation tactics used in parts of Florida in 2000 to anyone else? I do not know about DeKalb County but when the building that housed a precinct in Jackson County was torn down, completely gone, the probate judge had to scramble to find a new place to house the precinct, because the county did not build a new building in time. The state clears all voting locations.
Erika doesn't recall problems with lines in the past. Why is this postcard trying to make voting sound so difficult and time-consuming? Is it a genuine desire to get people to the polls early (which, in my experience, is not that difficult once people know they have the option -- I think every member of my immediate family is voting early, and my mother and her best friend have already done so)? Or is it a suggestion that the lines are long, it's a big pain in the ass, and wouldn't you rather just stay home? Again I know nothing about DeKalb County, but in the 2000 election I left Athens at 5:00, got in line at my voting precinct around 5:30, it was after 7:30 before I got to cast my ballot. This after standing in line twice, once to get the voter certificate, and once to get my ballot!
This just sounds to me like Republican Party is trying to encourage more people to vote, vote early and avoid the lines, the headache, and the bother. I got something encouraging me to request a ballot be sent to me, if I were going to vote absentee, which I have to do because I am a pole worker in another precinct than the one I i'm registered to vote.
Question for you would you be as paranoid if the post card had come from the Democrats?
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Date: 2004-10-15 01:43 pm (UTC)This has nothing to do with the number of people allowed to vote but the number of people registered to vote. Georgia law states that when the number of registered voters in a precinct exceeds a preset number {I do not know if it is the same number across the state, different for rural area and city precincts, or a precinct by precinct determination.} the registration list will be split and a new precinct will be created. In the 2000 election many people complained about standing in long lines on the day of the election, the state passed the vote early procedure. Before to vote absentee you had to be out of the precinct, the one in which you are registered to vote, during the day of the election. {I do not remember, but any reason was a valid reason.} Now if you do not want to stand in line you may vote early, the week before the election date!
The north side of the county is predominately white; the location given is a nice park. The south side of the county is predominately African-American; the location given is the police station. Does this sound similar to the intimidation tactics used in parts of Florida in 2000 to anyone else?
I do not know about DeKalb County but when the building that housed a precinct in Jackson County was torn down, completely gone, the probate judge had to scramble to find a new place to house the precinct, because the county did not build a new building in time. The state clears all voting locations.
Erika doesn't recall problems with lines in the past. Why is this postcard trying to make voting sound so difficult and time-consuming? Is it a genuine desire to get people to the polls early (which, in my experience, is not that difficult once people know they have the option -- I think every member of my immediate family is voting early, and my mother and her best friend have already done so)? Or is it a suggestion that the lines are long, it's a big pain in the ass, and wouldn't you rather just stay home?
Again I know nothing about DeKalb County, but in the 2000 election I left Athens at 5:00, got in line at my voting precinct around 5:30, it was after 7:30 before I got to cast my ballot. This after standing in line twice, once to get the voter certificate, and once to get my ballot!
This just sounds to me like Republican Party is trying to encourage more people to vote, vote early and avoid the lines, the headache, and the bother. I got something encouraging me to request a ballot be sent to me, if I were going to vote absentee, which I have to do because I am a pole worker in another precinct than the one I i'm registered to vote.
Question for you would you be as paranoid if the post card had come from the Democrats?
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