Comments on: Rachel Maddow on the abhorrent new “poll tax” http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/11/03/rachel-maddow-on-the-abhorrent-new-poll-tax/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/11/03/rachel-maddow-on-the-abhorrent-new-poll-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-29144 Erika Price Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:15:58 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3431#comment-29144 It's tricky. Ohio just implemented early voting this year, but during the early voting period, only <i>one</i> polling place was open. Since the early voters of every possible precinct funnel into a single location, early voting resulted in ridiculous lines. On Sunday,a friend of mine waited to vote for four hours, then was told to expect another two more. He couldn't wait that long- he had places to go. So he left. When he voted today, there was no wait whatsoever. Ohio's early voting "solution" is paradoxical and still very iffy. I'm not sure if constant experimentation- from voting machines, to early voting, to other changes- will ever do any good. Instead, states that experience severe voting issues need to implement a coherent, lasting and sizable change in their way of doing things. These piecemeal solutions are doing no good. It’s tricky. Ohio just implemented early voting this year, but during the early voting period, only one polling place was open. Since the early voters of every possible precinct funnel into a single location, early voting resulted in ridiculous lines. On Sunday,a friend of mine waited to vote for four hours, then was told to expect another two more. He couldn’t wait that long- he had places to go. So he left. When he voted today, there was no wait whatsoever.

Ohio’s early voting “solution” is paradoxical and still very iffy. I’m not sure if constant experimentation- from voting machines, to early voting, to other changes- will ever do any good. Instead, states that experience severe voting issues need to implement a coherent, lasting and sizable change in their way of doing things. These piecemeal solutions are doing no good.

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