The Really: Long lines and lack of preparation for massive turnout will decide the election?
Are the battleground states ready for the massive voter turnout? If the lines are already long for early voting what will happen will 70%-90% of registered voters show up to cast a ballot? What will happen when thousands of voters find they have been purged by state laws requiring this or that?
So what do long lines mean for the election? Will it be easier for voter supression or voter fraud to take place? Will the young be more likely to wait in line for four hours than the old? Will donuts only be distributed to people citing the "correct" preference? Will there be a Constitutional crisis regarding how long the polls can be kept open? Will states in close elections try to have a "two-day" election?
What is most amazing for a country that cared so deeply about the Y2K threat, is that there is very little reporting or commentary about what happens if you throw an election and everybody shows up!
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