Voting Lines

Because this election is such an important election the lines for voting have been crazy. Many people had to wait in line for several hours before they could get a chance to vote. An article in USA Today said that just as hanging chads on Florida punch-card ballots were a big problem for the 2000 presidential election, long lines at polling places have become the problem this year. Many local newspapers reported on how lines started to form hours before polls even opened. One local newspaper in Ohio reported a person as having to wait in line for 6 hours. Even our own campus newspaper reported that voting lines in Oxford were expected to be long. USA Today said that as a remedy, many states are looking at allowing more people to vote by mail or to cast their ballots early at convenient polling places.