On 10/23/2020 9:16 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 10/23/2020 12:08 PM, Alexandria Reed wrote:
On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4:57:32 AM UTC+1, Bod wrote:
A fierce battle over who should vote and how has sparked hundreds of
lawsuits and prompted accusations of voter suppression. So what are the
barriers to voting and why do they exist?

Images of the long queues of early voters were both celebrated as a sign
of enthusiasm and criticised as evidence of a creaking electoral system.

Queues, restrictive voting laws and limited access to polling stations
all keep people from participating in the democratic process, says
Andrea Hailey, the CEO of Vote.org, a non-partisan non-profit that aims
to use technology to help people register to vote.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54240651

I agree with this report, it's strange that something so basic as
casting a vote should be made so difficult for voters.

I've been voting for over 50 years.Â* Never found it difficult.Â* You
register, you go to the polling place and vote.Â* Now I vote by mail.

Some ballots by mail have to be signed.Â* They were rejected in not
signed. Do you think reading instructions and signing your name is too
difficult?

Long lines?Â* Sure, if a lot of people show up at the same time.Â* Never
had to wait more than a few minutes.

Long lines occur in places that provide insufficient polling places for
the population there. Somehow, they are usually poorer areas.