With weakened Voting Rights Act, some Arizona voters wait hours

[moonshaz]

Some voters in Arizona’s largest county waited five hours to vote Tuesday, after local election officials, looking to save money, slashed the number of polling places on offer.

The fiasco stems directly from the 2013 Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act. It offers a warning sign as we approach the first presidential election in

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[dorawa]

That ruling is and will always be a MESS. I cannot believe it was actually taken away because "we don't need it anymore." What bullshit. Makes me sad for our country.

[rhysande]

The main argument against the voting rights act was that it placed a greater burden on the former confederate states than other states, which was true. Personally, I agree with the ruling. Discrimination against POC doesn't occur only in the Deep South and the right to vote should be protected in every state. The big mess is that congress should have immediately acted to pass legislation for a voting rights act that would have applied to all states and territories immediately following the ruling and didn't. The lack of action on this issue is one of the many reasons we need to oust those in congress with regressive platforms.

[fishphile]

I agree. It really fucked over a lot of protections.

[eveofrevolution]

[calinewarkwc69]

I love how the overall response from the clerk was "all of those people had the option to vote early." Like fuck off. Some of us might want to hit the polls and get our fucking sticker.

[sweetmizre]

they really said that?!

[calinewarkwc69]

yeah, the old ass republican lady who is the registar clerk said that after people called for her resignation... lmao

[_redneckbitchx]

Some of us might want to hit the polls and get our fucking sticker.

that's honestly why i waited to the actual day to vote.

[sweetmizre]

I saw pictures of the lines and the graphic of how many polling stations were in 2012 compared to now and it's so awful. I cannot imagine how that was able to happen.

[meadowphoenix]

I'm always hmm.... at the striking down the voting rights act, because my actual opinion was that main provision need to cover every single state, not just southern ones. The problem is that it will be nigh impossible to get a congress to enact that statute.

[rhysande]

I just said much the same thing in reply to a comment above. I should have refreshed.