(October 16, 2018 at 6:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:People need to understand that voting should be a civic duty.
Is what I've read about the roadblocks to voting in the US true? I've seen news stories about people turned away at the polls for no good reason, and that some election officials intentionally make it difficult to vote.
FWIW, we had a general election here about this time last year, and the Election Commission were appalled that voter turn-out was only 79.8% (much better than 2014, but they pretty much scolded non-voters for not taking part).
Boru
There are several problems with our Election Commission. Gerrymandering is one thing - a redrawing of a districts lines to favor one political party over another. Requiring certain forms of ID, even when an official State ID should be good enough. Making it impossible for the poor or low income to get to polling places. The list goes on. And the roadblocks you've read about are largely true.
My particular polling place is in the basement, of all places, a damned church. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. So much for separation between church and state laws.
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