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Old 10-19-2020, 10:55 AM   #6722
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I always wonder how low standards are in the US have when it comes to organizing something this basic.

I once had to wait in line for maybe 15 minutes to vote, and I still remember how annoyed I was.

If we had to wait for 2 hours here to vote, heads might roll.

Except you're voting for about 20 things in the US Elections, from President to Propositions. Cali Panthers Fan, how many questions did you have to answer?


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A dense population should make things easier, not harder. There's tons of places available, every party has representatives nearby to participate in poll watching, and it's not a big ask to get volunteers to travel to a voting station that's not their own, when that other station is at worst 30 minutes away instead of an hour or two.

In Canada, these are paid positions. I got paid for watching the Advanced Poll the last provincial election.
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