"Voters have 45 days prior to the election to apply and secure an absentee ballot by mail," said one board representative. "
They can apply, but that doesn't mean they'll receive or that the ballot will be counted. Lots can go wrong with an absentee ballot, depending on the requirements for filling one out. I know this, because for medical reasons I use a mail ballot and the instructions can be confusing. You miss one thing, and the ballot will be rejected. In one state recently (I think it was OK), a judge had to order that mail-in ballots postmarked prior to election day had to be counted - they were rejecting anything not received by election day, regardless of the postmark. It's very easy to make it harder to vote this way, which is the whole idea behind voter suppression - make it as difficult as possible, and they won't vote.
"Structural problems at the buildings along with not being ADA compliant - consider the demographics of this - it's probably a low-funded, poor section of the state"
And again I ask - these conditions have existed for years. so why is it an issue now, less than 3 months before the election? Were alternative solutions explored? The explanations given were inadequate. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... |
