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Related: About this forum"In Ann Arbor, the last person in line voted at 2:05 am. She waited 6 hours to cast her ballot."
I'm thrilled to see students taking the vote so seriously, but there is no reason at all that it should be this difficult to cast a ballot.
In Ann Arbor, the last person in line voted at 2:05 am. She waited 6 hours to cast her ballot.
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"In Ann Arbor, the last person in line voted at 2:05 am. She waited 6 hours to cast her ballot." (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2022
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CincyDem
(6,963 posts)1. And to her we say "thank you for your commitment". n/t
SheltieLover
(60,864 posts)2. Now that MI is Blue from the top down, perhaps this nonsense will stop!
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)3. MSU also had long lines.
Pretty encouraging, but I totally echo Kruse's sentiments.
James48
(4,632 posts)4. THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS-
THAT SINCE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN MICHIGAN- we can pass additional laws making voting easier. the GOP just spent 40 years making it more difficult.
the passage of Proposal 1 also means "in person advance voting", something we have not done before.
This bodes very good for future elections.
VOTING MATTERS.
Kaleva
(38,760 posts)5. Wow!
Johnny2X2X
(21,993 posts)6. Turnout was over 60%
Was higher than 2018 when people were voting their disgust with the then president and 58% of voters turned out.
When we show up to vote, we win big.