Guess what blacks in Ohio and Republicans in Central Florida have in common?

[The Backlash Cometh]

They must both like to vote after work -- at night.

Every election I have participated in, in this Red county, I have come home to watch something peculiar happen with the vote counting. At around 8:30, the numbers noticeably get bumped up for Republicans and/or incumbents. If there is a Democratic front runner, you can actually see the numbers flip.

That's about 13 years of watching elections in this county. And you know what they use as an excuse? That Republicans work during the day and come to vote at night.

So now they're saying in Ohio that blacks created their own bottleneck in Ohio by voting at night? Why do they have enough machines for Republicans in a Republican county? But not for black Americans in Ohio?

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Uproar after Justice Department official says black voters caused their own lines in Ohio 2004 vote

Why did African American voters suffer long lines in Ohio?

Tanner wrote in a letter TPM Muckraker uncovered that "...the principal cause of the difference appears to be the tendency in Franklin County for white voters to cast ballots in the morning (i.e., before work), and for black voters to cast ballots in the afternoon (i.e., after work). We have established this tendency through local contacts and through both political parties, and it accords with our considerable experience in other parts of the United States. Morning voters may wait in line several hours, as happened in white precincts, without keeping the polls open after 7:30 am; this is not the case, however, at sites where voters arrive after 5:30 p.m."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Conyers_rebukes_Voting_Rights_official_over_1012.html

[BlueJazz]

1. I live in Florida and I know what you mean.

I've seen the same thing time and time again...also, I don't get this whole..
"We don't have enough voting machines" Crap.

You mean to tell me (as the Repugs are found of saying) that we live in the most advanced country
in the world, have the best of everything, are the Richest...and we can't come up with enough
F*cking voting machines so that people don't have to stand in line (sometimes in the pouring rain)
waiting to due your civic duty.

..And this whole "Blacks caused the Lines"
Oh Yeah...Those Pesky Blacks are always messing things up for everybody else..
:sarcasm:

[TahitiNut]

2. "We don't have enough #2 pencils."

If we just had paper ballots, thiis is what they'd have to say.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I supported a candidate who was running for a Democratic spot.

Poor guy spent something like, $15,000, of his own money. I remember how enthusiastic he was about running to help bring transparency and change to the community. Then he saw the numbers flip. You can read his mind by the expression on his face. He was relatively new to the area.

That's why nobody bothers running in the local races. No matter how dissatisfied the public appears to be, nobody can beat the incumbents.