[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Muta

Tin foil hat time: this new, delayed sign-in process is designed to discourage younger people / people with shorter attention spans and tolerance for waiting in lines, and less time to vote in general (especially after work); it doesn't affect the retired / politically hardcore older crowd, which typically votes conservative in Alberta.

/tin foil hat off

That's not a tin foil hat theory, that is exactly what it's designed to do.
There is no purpose to these new rules other than to discourage turnout and make voting harder.