right, because overnight you'd just whip out all those voting machines and hire all those extra workers, that's totally a thing which would happen
https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1316071818864799752
Folks, we don't know how many people showed up to vote early in Georgia (or any other state).
If the number who showed up was 5x Day 1 of early voting in previous years, that's not the election officials' fault!
If the number who showed up was 5x Day 1 of early voting in previous years, that's not the election officials' fault!
THE WHOLE POINT of early voting is to smooth out when voting occurs! The date of the election didn't move up to October 12th.
There is no principle which would require Georgia to accommodate *any unlimited number* of people who wanted to vote on October 12th.
There is no principle which would require Georgia to accommodate *any unlimited number* of people who wanted to vote on October 12th.
On election day, absolutely! They have to accommodate everybody who shows up! For sure!
October 12th isn't election day.
October 12th isn't election day.
Now, if in fact the number who showed up is 50% last year and it's a huge line, that's kinda concerning. But we don't know how those compare!
The responsibility of the election officials is to ensure that ***by election day*** everybody has had a fair shot at voting.
They have no obligation on any specific day before then.
They have no obligation on any specific day before then.
Voter participation was SO SUPPRESSED that it rose by ***41%***.
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1315842085271072768
This suggests that in fact the election officials were quite accommodating of an ENORMOUS surge in desire to vote early. Pretty strongly militates against "lines prove voter suppression" theory, since empirically voter participation ROSE.
It's just amazing to me people are like "THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT!"
1) no, it literally doesn't
2) y'all we're debating how long of a line you should have to wait to vote.... ***20 days before the election***
1) no, it literally doesn't
2) y'all we're debating how long of a line you should have to wait to vote.... ***20 days before the election***
That's convenient!
You've got a whole lot of days to choose from on when to vote!
And you can also mail in your ballot!
And as we get closer to voting day, more polling places will open!
That's very convenient!
You've got a whole lot of days to choose from on when to vote!
And you can also mail in your ballot!
And as we get closer to voting day, more polling places will open!
That's very convenient!
Yes, the first day or two of early voting is crowded. There's been a MASSIVE surge in demand for early voting, DESPITE a big shift towards mail-in voting. "Election officials wrongly expected people would vote by mail rather than early voting" is... not unethical or racist.
And even then, they successfully accommodated a ***41%*** increase in vote-casting! That's a very large increase! It's not super common for local areas to see an increase in votes cast on that scale!
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