INSPIRING video of early voting site in Miami TONIGHT!!!..GO!!!! GO!!! GO!!!!!!

[RandySF]

https://www.facebook.com/marcusdixon11/videos/10157788498260473/

[Rose Siding]

1. Best flash mob ever!

[BlueStreak]

2. Our election system is so fucked up. How is this even possible in a Democracy with

the technology available in 2016?

[book_worm]

3. Oh yeah, baby!!!

[blue-wave]

4. That Is

Absolutely Fantastic!!!

[chillfactor]

5. oh my goodness...

people eating pizza while waiting in line to vote! Good to see so many people of color in line. GO HILLARY!!!!

[pat_k]

6. When we see big lines, we should be pissed,

... not happy.

I LOVE seeing signs of big turnout. And I don't mean to be a "downer," but getting excited about lines rather than pissed off, is a big problem.

LINES are tantamount to a POLL TAX.

LINES = Voter Suppression

When we see lines, instead applauding, we need to demand that election officials explain what went wrong. In a case like this, we also need to demand that officials take immediate action to make any changes required to ensure we don't see the same sort of messes on election day.

It is the duty of election officials to maximize turnout by making it as easy as possible to vote. Part of that duty is making sure they have allocated enough resources to accommodate voters if their efforts to maximize turnout are successful.

You don't have to be a genius to expect a BIG surge in the last weekend of early voting before an election. It's disgraceful to have under-allocated resources so severely that a "mob" forms. The situation, almost by definition, constitutes voter suppression. You can bet that for every dozen people waiting, there are 1 or 2 or even more who took one look and said "screw this, I'm outta here."

In the primaries there were a number of instances in which DUers expressed great excitement about lines, assuming it meant big turnout. Unfortunately, when results came in, the turnout in some of the jurisdictions with lines was pretty lackluster, perhaps as a consequence of the lines.

[renate]

7. voter suppression--exactly

Sure, some people don't want to wait in lines, which is a choice (a choice that shouldn't have to be made in a democracy, but a choice nonetheless), but some people CAN'T, which is not.

Some people have disabilities, some people have jobs (or multiple jobs) that make it impossible to spend hours waiting in line, some people have children or other responsibilities at home... and some people don't have transportation, which has nothing to do with lines but has everything to do with making voting by mail the rule rather than the exception.

Long lines to vote should be considered a disgrace in a democracy.

[pat_k]

8. Here's what I'd like to see...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512586226

The tepid response to the post was a little disheartening.

[Cha]

9. #LoveTrumpsHate!

[smorkingapple]

10. Broward schools are closed Tuesday too. Could lead to bigger turnout for those taking off work.