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3. They need to make voting easier.

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Original post)

Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:55 PM

Apr 2016

It needs to take place over a weekend. Maybe even have penalties for not-voting, just as there are if you dodge jury duty too many times. It's not to punish—but to make the "duty" of it more mainstream. Voting should be "what you do"—like following traffic laws.

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Heavy turnout seen across state, some long lines at polls [View all] Attorney in Texas Apr 2016 OP

If people are not voting now, this election, they never will. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #1

You'd think, but invariably fewer people SheilaT Apr 2016 #2

They need to make voting easier. zentrum Apr 2016 #3

My dad voted at 0720 and waited 45 minutes including looking for a place to park AllyCat Apr 2016 #4