Rachel Maddow is so very very right about the new “poll tax.” [1] There is now excuse why people should be standing in line for 2, 4 or 8 hours, waiting to exercise their fundamental right to vote. Time is money, and the de facto system in place in many parts of the country is requiring people to give up many hours of wages in order to vote. This system is inept and inexcusable. It must be remedied NOW. As Maddow indicates, the authorities must develop contingency plans for their contingency plans, so that no one gets discouraged and walks away from their right to vote.
Her statistics regarding the discouraged 2004 voters in Ohio show the stakes for the failure to reform the system.
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