How do you even manage to vote in a state that doesn’t allow early voting? Last time I tried to vote, I spent around 3 hours in line, only for them to close with about 200 people ahead of me still waiting to vote.
Wow, won’t even allow voting for those in line? You don’t even have to tell me which party controls that state. Bet there’s no mail-in or absentee ballot availability either, or very strict rules to limit it.
I’ve been watching early voting numbers in my county, they even have a “current wait” tracker online, and it’s been regular 30 mins to even a few hours wait each day. Now imagine the same number of people all in one day. It’s madness to force that on people.
My only solution to you is try to use midterm voting for the local stuff. Or bend the rules and claim you’ll be out of state and need an absentee ballot. I think they legally can’t prevent that, even thought they’d love to.
It’s not that simple to just pack up and move elsewhere at the drop of a hat. They might have friends and family there that they don’t want to leave behind, and moving can be very expensive and exhausting particularly if you have a lot of stuff. It’s especially hard to move right now with rent and housing prices through the roof.
Just telling people to move doesn’t help, because if they had the means and wanted to, they probably already would have.
How do you even manage to vote in a state that doesn’t allow early voting? Last time I tried to vote, I spent around 3 hours in line, only for them to close with about 200 people ahead of me still waiting to vote.
Wow, won’t even allow voting for those in line? You don’t even have to tell me which party controls that state. Bet there’s no mail-in or absentee ballot availability either, or very strict rules to limit it.
I’ve been watching early voting numbers in my county, they even have a “current wait” tracker online, and it’s been regular 30 mins to even a few hours wait each day. Now imagine the same number of people all in one day. It’s madness to force that on people.
My only solution to you is try to use midterm voting for the local stuff. Or bend the rules and claim you’ll be out of state and need an absentee ballot. I think they legally can’t prevent that, even thought they’d love to.
Mississippi. Doesn’t even register on the early voting states list…
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/early-in-person-voting
My condolences. I don’t take red states as a “us or them” but more of a failing of the country to prevent any place to fall to that level.
I’m not exactly impressed with this state either ☹️
Easy solution; move out of Mississippi. I did it and never looked back
It’s not that simple to just pack up and move elsewhere at the drop of a hat. They might have friends and family there that they don’t want to leave behind, and moving can be very expensive and exhausting particularly if you have a lot of stuff. It’s especially hard to move right now with rent and housing prices through the roof.
Just telling people to move doesn’t help, because if they had the means and wanted to, they probably already would have.