Fredselfish@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoErarly voting in Oklahoma. Lets hope this isn't our last election.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down133
arrow-up1805arrow-down1external-linkErarly voting in Oklahoma. Lets hope this isn't our last election.lemmy.worldFredselfish@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square184fedilink
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s probably a blue area in a red state. They intentionally open fewer polling places there as a voter suppression tactic, hoping people will see the line and figure their vote doesn’t have enough weight to justify the time.
minus-squareOmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoexactly this. I’ve moved around a bit and the only places I’ve had to wait any significant amount of time have been near cities in red states. really wish we just had universal vote by mail
It’s probably a blue area in a red state. They intentionally open fewer polling places there as a voter suppression tactic, hoping people will see the line and figure their vote doesn’t have enough weight to justify the time.
exactly this. I’ve moved around a bit and the only places I’ve had to wait any significant amount of time have been near cities in red states.
really wish we just had universal vote by mail