... -integration in the public polling place.
I forgot to mention, that this is politically underpinned, by the
thought that inaccessible Polling Places, or unusable voting systems (or
confusing ballots that get botched & nullify one's vote).... can force
unnecessarily massive numbers of us into Absentee Voting, which is to
say, into the invisibility of segregated (at home) voting.
One shoud have asa fundamental human right, the unobstructed option to
vote in the same place there everyone else votes. Integrated voting.
The neighborhood Polling Place the most sacred public space of
democracy, and if you're the only kind of voter missing, you are the
only kind of voter being made politically invisible, "out of sight, out
of mind". If you hae never voted in that great public space, you may
not fully apreciate what all goes on there. The simple act of voting is
not all that goes on there.
So, the whole point of my inquiry, is looking to reduce our
not-by-choice over-reliance on Absentee / Mail ballotting, for another
step towards equality and visibility.
Jim Davis
PS: Again, please DON'T clog the list with responses: Please do send the
info requested in my fist "Voting" post -- Directly to me at
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Thanks.
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