With the long lines for early voting, can you imagine the lines if they had all waited...?

[kentuck]

...until election day?

The lines would have been ten miles long.

There is something seriously wrong with our election system.

[Mister Ed]

1. I think that was probably part of the plan, pre-Covid.

I think that was probably part of the plan, and Covid threw a monkey wrench into it.

[lagomorph777]

2. Yes - and we need to address it right after we unpack the Court.

Otherwise, they'll invalidate any repairs, as they did with the Voting Rights Act.

[brooklynite]

3. Not necessarily...

One of the aspects of early voting is that there are fewer locations to go to.

[RustyWheels]

4. Yes and No

Early voting has a reduced number of polling locations, so lines are longer.

Election day will have many more polling locations, but lines may still be long for a variety of reasons.

That said, with the huge early vote turnout (both in-person and vote-by-mail), hopefully election day lines will be shorter.

[kentuck]

6. But, hadn't they planned on less polling places?

Even before the pandemic?

Was it a plan to suppress the vote by huge numbers, by creating very long waiting lines?

[Dream Girl]

7. Thought there were fewer, but in bigger venues like arenas

[Statistical]

9. Why? I mean I don't disagree but the question asked should be why

If year after year you have 3+ hours long lines it doesn't take a rocket scientists to realize you either need more polling locations or larger polling locations capable of processing 3x as many voter per hour or if you want to be real fair and progressive both.

[nykym]

5. Yep, its called

REPUBLICANS.

[Klaralven]

8. Using a mail in ballot, either mailed or in a drop box, seems a lot more efficient than early voting

It must be really expensive to open polling locations and staff them for early voting over a couple weeks.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

10. I think so too.

I don't know why voting can't just be ballots sent in the mail and then people either mail them back or drop at the offical ballot drop box for their city. Waiting in lines is dumb. I always do absentee ballot for general elections because the crowds are too big. About the only time I don't do absentee is for local school budget voting in the summer.