Um, wait just a damned second! I'm not sure where to begin. This postcard sounds more like a court summons after getting a traffic ticket than a polite request from the county. Reducing "the numbers of voters at each precinct" is a scary enough idea on its own. The voting districts are created to evenly represent areas within each states, aren't they? Has "gerrymandering" been assigned to the counties, since it's been illegal for the states for many years now? I wouldn't call this being paranoid. If those areas are outside of your co-worker's state voting district, I'd hope that person intends to write a letter to our Congressional representatives about it. If those locations are all in the same district, then maybe the state is just doing a bad job handling the number of voters in the area. If voters are being sent to different districts, then something very illegal is going on. Either way, there is no way anyone should be told, or even asked, to go to a certain time at a certain place to vote outside of their area. According to my recent American Government teacher, many nations around the world, especially in Europe, hold local governments, as well as businesses, accountable if they don't give their citizens/employees reasonable access to their local polls during election times, and they tend to stay open much earlier and later to make sure everyone has a chance to vote. What's going on in this country?!
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Date: 2004-10-16 05:17 pm (UTC)