by Eyck Freymann
Lines to vote have been reaching record lengths. Many precincts in New York (especially Brooklyn) have had lines stretching outside of the precinct and twice around the block!
As Iberk mentioned previously, it appears that Obama has a lead of 250,000 votes heading into tonight in North Carolina. But these record turnouts suggest that black voters and young people, demographics that almost always vote in smaller numbers than other groups, have been standing in line.It is disgraceful that people have to wait hours to vote. People have jobs and livelihoods. Letting people turn away because of lines is, as someone pointed out earlier today, equivalent to a poll tax. It is unacceptable.
For next election, we should make three commitments:
- Eliminate these unstable electronic voting machines in favor of paper ballots
- Make sure that there are twice as many voting machines as now. They must be in working order and the state should be held legally responsible for broken machines.
- Two nights ago I called voters in Tampa, Florida. Many had received a robocall earlier that morning that instructed Republicans to vote the 4h (today) an Democrats to vote tomorrow. I don't know how many people it convinced, but I know enough to say that it is voter fraud. Creating and making these calls should be a felony: it is election tampering and also possibly a hate crime. Those responsible should pay crippling fines and spend time in jail. Period. McCain is clearly resorting to the absolute basest of attacks. They should not be tolerated.
Two hours, 20 minutes left. Rock the vote.
3 comments:
Hell NO should we eliminate the computer ballot. The last thing we need is to tie ourselves to an outdated system of election that is actually MORE prone to tampering. (Although, in your defense, you can't computer-hack a sheet of paper.) As for the complaints about longer lines, this merely means that more people have taken an intrest in this election. Long lines CAN'T, however, pop up at every election.
Other two plans? Definately. :)
We can't vote, but we can make alot of noise and get OTHER people to vote.
I've talked with numerous programmers and voting experts. There is an absolute consensus that electronic voting machines are unreliable.
Ask the experts.
-The Young Sentinel
The experts aren't the only one's voting. Why not vote on the issue?
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