Voters are waiting in line for hours in Georgia

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, lines to vote 3 WEEKS ahead of election day is now voter suppression?

You people are ridiculous.

People are lining up for hours weeks ahead of election day because they know their state is trying to take away their vote. What you are seeing is the mix of actual voter suppression - limited polling stations; few working machines - with the reaction to that suppression.

That's why people are lining up for hours this far ahead of an election. Because they know that the GOP is doing what it can to take away their vote, and they are saying NO.

Sure.

Buckhead - no lines, 15 machines.

see the difference?

And this should be illegal. If there is such a disparity in waiting times in different parts of a state, that is clear voter suppression and it should be illegal. The republicans are so ugly sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Republicans, how do you like your association with voter suppression?

How can you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Really? Don't you know why?

A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

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“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

The lines will only get worse in some areas. I mean imagine having to wait 3-5 hours to vote. Portable oxygen lasts 5-6 hours, not long enough for someone to change waiting around that long. Pregnant women have increased hydration and urination requirements. Some people cant be on their feet that long, some people have shift work, some people need childcare to vote. It should not take that long ever to cast your vote. Stop finding a reason for why the people voting are at fault and look at the systems.

Aren’t all of those excuses the reason why we had unlimited mail-in voting this year? If you have an issue with standing in line, mail it in. Is there anything you people DON’T complain about?
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

I am from Europe, I voted there for 25 years, we vote in one day, sometime one day and half of the following day. country of 60 million people. no early voting no mail voting no absentee voting, we all vote on that day. no machines, just paper ballot and a pencil. I have never been in a line to vote, I may have waited 15 minutes a few people ahead of me max.

what happens in the US is simply mind blogging , from the point of view of other first world countries it is just unbelievable that a country that call itself a democracy has this type of situations. shame on Roberts and the other justices that decided to gut the voting rights act. we need a federal law that limit the number of voters per polling stations. in populous places we just need more polling stations, not longer lines

[Anonymous]

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“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

No lines in Buckhead, a pp said. Maybe he or she can provide the source.

15 machines there, as opposed to 6 in more diverse precincts. It's been true in the past and Georgia.

That's suppression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Um, maybe because Indigenous People's Day (or Columbus Day as they still call it in GA) is a state/fed holiday there. Maybe these folks are taking advantage of the one day where they won't miss work or have to burn leave to vote.

I absolutely hate it when Democrats refer to black people as “folks.”
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

No lines in Buckhead, a pp said. Maybe he or she can provide the source.

15 machines there, as opposed to 6 in more diverse precincts. It's been true in the past and Georgia.

That's suppression.

Meant to say these kinds of voting machine disparities have been true in the past in GA as well as in other states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

The lines will only get worse in some areas. I mean imagine having to wait 3-5 hours to vote. Portable oxygen lasts 5-6 hours, not long enough for someone to change waiting around that long. Pregnant women have increased hydration and urination requirements. Some people cant be on their feet that long, some people have shift work, some people need childcare to vote. It should not take that long ever to cast your vote. Stop finding a reason for why the people voting are at fault and look at the systems.

Aren’t all of those excuses the reason why we had unlimited mail-in voting this year? If you have an issue with standing in line, mail it in. Is there anything you people DON’T complain about?
DP

We DON"T have unlimited mail-in voting, you dolt. In some places you still have to have your ballot notarized. In some places you have to have one of the approved excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Really? Don't you know why?

A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

+1
“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

What does voter suppression look like to you? You know damn well why these lines look like they do, in the precincts they are in, populated by the people they are. You know. You just don't care.

In order for there to be a victim, there has to be an aggressor. If you're tired of hearing about victimhood, maybe ask your party to stop trying to deny people their rights?

Voting is not a privilege, it is a right. We should be actively working to remove any and all roadblocks to exercising that right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Um, maybe because Indigenous People's Day (or Columbus Day as they still call it in GA) is a state/fed holiday there. Maybe these folks are taking advantage of the one day where they won't miss work or have to burn leave to vote.

I absolutely hate it when Democrats refer to black people as “folks.”
DP

A lot of people use the word folks to refer to people generally. I use it all the time and never thought anyone was using it to refer specifically to black people.

- Black woman who uses "folks"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Really? Don't you know why?

A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

+1
“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.[/quote

when we see long lines in the boondocks in Virginia then we can talk. for some reasons lines tend to be more pronounced in urban areas, which tend to lean dem.

after the SCOTUS decision on the voting rights act, scores of polling stations were closed all over the South, predominantly in areas with Black and Latino communities : https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/12/report-court-ruling-caused-mass-voting-place-closures-southern-u-s/2272866001/

victimhood my a$$. at least have the decency to look at reality.

[Anonymous]

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A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

I don't think you get it, and that is your privilege.

These precincts ALWAYS have lines because they have 2 or 3 voting machines for 100,000+ people. Waiting until election day means not getting to vote at all. It is great that YOU happen to have a precinct where you can vote, that is accessible and minimal lines. That isn't what it looks like in minority precincts in majority GOP states and counties.

You are incorrect. All the news reports I have seen state that the delays today are due to high turnout.

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The drama here is - as usual - absurd. First day of voting + holiday + computer glitches + unprecedented voter enthusiasm = long lines. That’s life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Really? Don't you know why?

A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

+1
“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

What does voter suppression look like to you? You know damn well why these lines look like they do, in the precincts they are in, populated by the people they are. You know. You just don't care.

In order for there to be a victim, there has to be an aggressor. If you're tired of hearing about victimhood, maybe ask your party to stop trying to deny people their rights?

Voting is not a privilege, it is a right. We should be actively working to remove any and all roadblocks to exercising that right.

Are you implying that the only people having long waits are black? If so, you are remarkably uninformed. You should be embarrassed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/georgia-voting-lines-turnout.html
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/georgia-early-voting-lines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need start having international observers come in and monitor our elections. This is disgraceful.

Um, there are 22 more days until the election (and 16 more days with the polls open). I don't know why so many people are trying to vote on the first day the polls open.

Really? Don't you know why?

A vote today counts the same as a vote on October 28 or November 3. But if people prefer to wait in line, then that is their choice.

+1
“Voter suppression,” my a$$. Plenty of voters - of ALL races - have waited in line for hours to vote, across the country. As the PP said, if you want to vote early on the very first day, be prepared for a long wait. Early voters in Fairfax waited hours too. Was that “suppression”? The constant victimhood mentality is beyond exhausting.

What does voter suppression look like to you? You know damn well why these lines look like they do, in the precincts they are in, populated by the people they are. You know. You just don't care.

In order for there to be a victim, there has to be an aggressor. If you're tired of hearing about victimhood, maybe ask your party to stop trying to deny people their rights?

Voting is not a privilege, it is a right. We should be actively working to remove any and all roadblocks to exercising that right.

Are you implying that the only people having long waits are black? If so, you are remarkably uninformed. You should be embarrassed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/georgia-voting-lines-turnout.html
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/georgia-early-voting-lines

I never said that. Do you have problems with reading comprehension and logic? You should be embarrassed.

Lots of people wait to vote. People of color wait longer, due to a variety of reasons, many of which come down to active voter suppression on the part of the GOP.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/11/8/13564406/voting-lines-race-2016

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460965-study-voters-in-black-neighborhoods-face-longer-wait-times

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/heres-why-black-people-have-to-wait-twice-as-long-to-vote-as-whites/274791/

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-americans-still-face-obstacles-to-voting-at-every-step-2020-6

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-are-stark-racial-disparities-in-voting-times-heres-how-to-fix-them/2019/12/16/5fb4948a-1c5b-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html