Funny I lived in Texas for a while and had no problem voting. In fact I found it quite pleasant as my polling station was like a 5 minute walk from my house. Granted, I lived in a fairly affluent area which certainly gaffs the scale, but I’m curious as to what you’re experienced was.
I lived in Texas for a while and had no problem voting.
found it quite pleasant as my polling station was like a 5 minute walk from my house
Hmmm, wonder why…
I lived in a fairly affluent area
Well, that twist was entirely expected.
The poster made the claim like it was a statement of fact for all of texas, I explained how my experience was different, even giving reasons why that might be the case, and you still felt the need to be a douche about it.
Amazing.
Pointing out that I’m unsurprised that you’re able to vote easily because you’re an affluent area doesn’t make me a douche. The fact that you reacted like that because I pointed out the obvious that makes your experience the exception to the rule means you should probably be pointing that accusation inwards friend.
Maybe don’t be so sensitive and hostile just because you’re one of the lucky ones?
Without giving too much away, how racially diverse would you say the folk were at your local polling station. And what kinda neighborhood did you cast your vote in?
I voted in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Beaumont, Garland, and Amarillo. Not all in the same year of course but over the course of a decade. And I’ll tell you, not every polling place is staffed the same. I waited 5 hours to walk into a church lobby with only 3 polling staff and 8 poll booths for what looked like hundreds of folk. And I waited a half hour to vote in a gymnasium that might as well have been a straw poll for how it had so many staff and more polling booths than I could count.
Some sources for those outside of the Lone Star state
https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/5-ways-texas-suppresses-vote-and-how-make-your-vote-count
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/opinions/texas-ominous-voter-suppression-obeidallah/index.html
I don’t recall really thinking about the racial makeup of the polling station, but certainly my zip code is pretty racially diverse, which white people just making up the majority. But again, a relatively wealthy area so much of that diversity was not economic.
But it was a gym, it had a reasonable about of polling booths, and I waited only a brief time. Each time I went to vote. My biggest complaint about voting in Texas is the overwhelming number of things that are up for elections.
Good to hear y’all were able to vote in the way it’s intended to be. It’s not like that everywhere in Texas.
And yeah lots of positions in local government are elected, especially problematic are the judges and coroners elections, also I’d rather we appoint judges. Sheriff’s should be appointed and vetted for short 4 year terms instead of electing them.
