We have long lines for voting for the same reason we have long lines for major concerts: it's a rare event for which demand occurs all at once. This is why lines are worst in dense areas and poor areas--the only way to alleviate the queues is through massive overcapacity ...https://twitter.com/aaronecarroll/status/1316769291467927552 …
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Or just switch to vote by mail.
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Vote by mail may be an excellent system - if you're willing to accept a good fraction of invalid ballots and invalid votes that can't be counted.https://www.npr.org/2020/08/22/904693468/more-than-550-000-primary-absentee-ballots-rejected-in-2020-far-outpacing-2016 …
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But given that the poor cannot afford as much time off work to go spend in lines, doesn't this effectively create a type of poll tax? Fair should be defined by how much it costs a person to vote (in time spent) as a percent of their income not just cost/wait per capita.
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Enough polling stations Voting on weekends (fewer people working) Option for prepoll and postal voting for those who need Works in Australia
We have cities of 5 million people, right down to tiny localities.
It works
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In France, voting takes place in public schools, on a Sunday. It's "free" real estate. There are lots of public schools in the US... There's no excuse for those lines.
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Same in Australia, but Saturday. School locations are already well matched to density and access needs. Bonus... the schools get to do fundraising BBQs and bake sales on the day.
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This may be true within its premises but the premises are the too limited: it’s straightforward to eliminate queues by not requiring that ballots be filled out at the polling location. Oregon implemented this decades ago:https://www.vox.com/21401321/oregon-vote-by-mail-2020-presidential-election …
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Oregon of course has universal vote-by-mail, but the more important point isn’t that ballots are returned by mail, it’s that ballots are distributed by mail to registered voters, so the time-consuming part of the process is outsourced to voters’ homes.
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