When the FL primaries were going on there was a strip of African Americans that didn't get to vote. they didn't have any polls, no cars to get them to the polls. That is the first time in history they were disenfranchised.
Originally posted by Stormer: When the FL primaries were going on there was a strip of African Americans that didn't get to vote. they didn't have any polls, no cars to get them to the polls. That is the first time in history they were disenfranchised.
I read that 3 times and the post still makes no sense to me.....sorry.
Esther, it is the responsibility of the individual to resister to vote, find out where they vote and to get to the polling stations to vote. And, if one is really radical and open-minded, they can even educate themselves about the issues rather than just voting for a party. If they didn’t know where their polling stations were, that’s their fault. If they didn’t have a car to get them there, that’s their fault, too. Got no car, take a bus or a cab or hitch a ride with a neighbor. If they were disenfranchised it was because of their own incompetence of for their lack of caring about voting.
I have to work, even on election day. When I vote, I make time for that. It’s is not the responsibility of the government to get me time off to vote. They aren’t responsible for putting gas in my truck or paying for a cab or a bus to get me to the polls on time. And I have to find out where I vote… and I can do that with ONE phone call. Not knowing where to vote is just a stupid excuse for not voting.
Disenfranchised indeed… I have other words but I will remain politically correct and not use such descriptive terms.
I read that 3 times and the post still makes no sense to me.....sorry.
Maybe this anecdote will help you understand:
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Donisse DeSouza testified she has been registered to vote in Florida since 1982 and has voted in all major elections. She has lived in the same majority-black precinct for the past six years.
On Election Day, DeSouza, an African-American resident of Miami, went to the polling place listed on her new Voter ID Card. She had waited until late in the day so she could take her five-year old son to teach him the importance of voting. She arrived in the vicinity of the polls at 6:30 p.m., but a police officer was keeping voters' cars in a long line waiting for parking spaces. A small lot provided the only place to park. After waiting for twenty minutes, DeSouza entered the polling place and presented her driver's license and voter registration card to a white poll worker who explained that DeSouza was not listed on the registration rolls and instructed her to move to another line to address the issue. DeSouza stood in the other line with approximately fifteen others. At 7 p.m. they were informed that the polls were closed. They were not offered an affidavit ballot or other assistance; they were told that nothing could be done if their names were not on the registration rolls. These citizens were refused the right to vote. . .
In Arizona it is very easy have a ballot mailed to you that you fill out and then simply mail back. No muss or fuss, and no lines. The only real problem is if the fellow you voted for before you mailed your ballot in ends up getting caught with a dead body or whetever in his bed with him a day or so before the election, and you've already voted for the creep.
I have never voted strictly along party lines, by the way. I've instead done my homework and then voted, which, anymore, the internet has made exceedingly easy to do.
In Arizona it is very easy have a ballot mailed to you that you fill out and then simply mail back. No muss or fuss, and no lines
Very convenient for non-citizens, dogs, cats, dead dogs & cats, cadavers, worms, maggots, whatever to register to vote early and often. The best part of it is that the state hasn't the money to verify authenticity of the person(s) voting.
If they didn’t know where their polling stations were, that’s their fault. If they didn’t have a car to get them there, that’s their fault, too. Got no car, take a bus or a cab or hitch a ride with a neighbor. If they were disenfranchised it was because of their own incompetence of for their lack of caring about voting. 
