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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:56 AM Nov 2020

Had someone question how so many people could vote today, given how long lines have been so far

Some people don't realize (or perhaps it's different in other states) that Early Voting locations are more regional. A county the size of Orange County, FL has only 20 Early Voting sites and some of them were indicated as Low Capacity

On Election Day, everyone votes at their own precinct. Orange County, FL has about 250 precincts.

It's not really feasible for every precinct to offer Early Voting as many are schools, clubhouses, churches, courthouses, etc. that can't handle a daily disruption lasting 2-3 weeks but can easily offer voting for Election Day itself


#GOTV #BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica #CompetenceMatters


(glad I early voted...dropped off our mail-in ballots at an Early Voting site...took all of a minute!)

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Had someone question how so many people could vote today, given how long lines have been so far (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2020 OP
we can see upwards of 60 million or more votes cast today, shattering all records beachbumbob Nov 2020 #1
I realized yesterday that some Texas counties are allowing election day votes at any location. tanyev Nov 2020 #2
Thanks for the information, I didn't know that. LizBeth Nov 2020 #3
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. we can see upwards of 60 million or more votes cast today, shattering all records
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:06 AM
Nov 2020

on participation rates since 1908 and the higher the participation the better the outcome for democrats.


The anger been building for 4 years and we got a taste in 2018 when the democrats are fucking angry

tanyev

(42,516 posts)
2. I realized yesterday that some Texas counties are allowing election day votes at any location.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:30 AM
Nov 2020

Since they now have the technological capability to do that for early voting, it makes sense to do it on election day, too.

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