Comments on: Moran Proposes Bill to Reduce Voting Wait Times

By: SAW662

SAW662 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:40:40 +0000

It did not take a J.D. to figure out what the constitutional amendments were saying. It takes a thing called google.

It does not matter if you vote absentee or on election day, you shouldn’t be trying to figure out who or what you are going to vote for in the booth.

Everyone that decides to vote should do the research prior to the day they intend to vote. Relying on a light blue papaer passed out by a “volunteer” is not fulfilling your civic duty.

I do agree that election day should be a national holiday.

By: Sal Paradise

Sal Paradise — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:12:58 +0000

This bill would be a start. When the Republicans are trying so hard to make it even harder to vote, you know that this is onto something (guess who will vote against it if it gets that far in Congress). I don’t think any federal action should tell how, but it should demands local fixes that will establish ‘normal and fair’ waiting periods in line. How do you get there? Well, let each locality decided that. But a standard, one that makes the wait reasonable, it the key to this. I’ve worked many elections, so I’m not just blowing smoke. A standard should be a fair amount of time spent waiting to vote, taking into account the weather, handicaps, safety and work schedules. Again, local officials will (or should) know how to get to that standard. If they need federal money to help, they should get it. This is something that can be codified and made workable.

By: Beth M.

Beth M. — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:28:33 +0000

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/Files/Forms/VoterForms/ABApplication.pdf

There is no minimum time which you need to be out of the jurisdiction to be eligible for absentee balloting. If you legitimately plan to be out of the county, and that could just be to meet someone for breakfast or even pick up dry cleaning, that is not voter fraud.

By: Paul Casimir

Paul Casimir — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:26:58 +0000

I’m not slamming Moran, I’m just describing reality. I haven’t read the bill and do not intend to read it. Why waste precious times on something that has absolutely no chance of passing.
I’ll bet you were one of those who defends Moran when he gets violent and starts to throw punches, regardless of the age of the person he’s mad at.

By: Paul Casimir

Paul Casimir — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:23:32 +0000

Do you actually believe that because someone has been elected to office he should be treated without skepticism and we should suspend reality? I pointed out what should be obvious to anyone with any knowledge of the House of Reps. Moran is despised by the majority and any bill he introduces will be pushed aside, despite any perceived merits. That’s reality and that’s politics.

By: Beth M.

Beth M. — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:21:34 +0000

When I went to the volunteer training for the Democrats, they talked about the bonds and the amendments and explained why the official party was taking certain positions. If you went to the volunteer training, I think you were pretty well informed because you were supposed to know enough about them from the training to have an intelligent conversation about them.

By: malaka

malaka — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:37:29 +0000

yes! Then I could take off and get out of town – so I would qualify for absentee voting! Problem solved!

By: drax

drax — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:33:46 +0000

It’s fun when your politics and basic American values like the right to vote line up though.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:16:14 +0000

One of the valid excuses is that you’re going to be out of the county at some point during the day. A trip just over the border to get coffee suffices as an excuse.

By: Thest

Thest — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:26:53 +0000

Lazy