Two polling locations near my house have significantly less parking for voters this year than in past presidential (or governor's) election years. One polling location has only 25% of what is normally posted as “voter parking”. More parking is usually reserved for the off-year elections that have no real elections.
Local election boards in Virginia are stacked 2 republican and 1 democratic members.
Is this a fluke or yet another effort to suppress voting? A neighbor has tried to contact the election board but has hit a stone wall.
What are the polling locations?
Ashton Heights, church at Ivy and 6th. Lyon Park, building at Pershing between Garfield and Fillmore.
On street reserved parking? Reserved lot parking? You're not being very specific.
Even Republicans are better at suppressing votes than that.
I was just at Lyon Park, and there is no parking lot, so aside from the few street spaces next to the building that are reserved for voters, I'm not sure what else could be done. Many people in LP park on the street as they have no driveway (or have too many cars for their driveways) So I don't think you can block people from parking near their homes. Many people in Lyon Park live within walking distance to the polling place, and there's plenty of street parking a few blocks away. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are offering free rides to polling places if you cannot walk.
Sounds like someone trying to stir something up that's not actually happening.
Sounds like poor planning. Meanwhile, THIS is unconscionable!
Paco Wellington III said:
Is this a fluke or yet another effort to suppress voting?
That's both a 1) false dichotomy and 2) loaded question.
1) Are those the only two possibilities? Perhaps the parking problem is something that they cannot fully solve. This might be the best they were able to provide given the situation.
2) Has there been voter suppression in the past here? If not, why go straight for the conspiracy?
I'm interested to know why there is a parking problem, but it seems like you're pushing an agenda here with the way you have asked your question.
All I know is that I live across the street from the Lyon Park voting location and I was going to walk over and vote before work but there was a line around the block.
What time of day offers the shortest line? Just checked out the line at my location in Courthouse and looks to be about 100 people waiting.
steve-o said:
What time of day offers the shortest line? Just checked out the line at my location in Courthouse and looks to be about 100 people waiting.
I'm going between 230 and 3.
North2South said:
Sounds like someone trying to stir something up that's not actually happening.
Agreed! Apparently “voter suppression” = “it's less convenient than my Starbucks drive-thru”
I don't know about voter suppression, but there was most likely fraud going on at my polling place.
I couldn't believe how many clowns showed up with a stack of mail and all they had to do was hand over that “Voter ID Card” and repeat back the information, and they were good to go!
If you don't have a government issued ID card with current information and a picture of your face on it, you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
(Also, if you don't own land and have a minimum of 2 years service to nation, you shouldn't be allowed to vote either… but that's another topic)
KalashniKEV said:
I don't know about voter suppression, but there was most likely fraud going on at my polling place.
I couldn't believe how many clowns showed up with a stack of mail and all they had to do was hand over that “Voter ID Card” and repeat back the information, and they were good to go!
If you don't have a government issued ID card with current information and a picture of your face on it, you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
(Also, if you don't own land and have a minimum of 2 years service to nation, you shouldn't be allowed to vote either… but that's another topic)
I’m curious how WA and CO will handle marijuana sales now that it’s legalized. You’ll no doubt have to show photo ID. But the same people who suppor taht would scream racism if you needed a photo ID to vote. I guess only whites should be able to buy pot.
If you don't pay federal income tax, you shouldn't be voting in federal elections. The same libs who cry about “fairness” don't seem to have ANY problem with who unfair it is for people to vote for other people's money.
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