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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 2642262" data-attributes="member: 3371"><p>The 2004 Ohio presidential general election has been widely criticized for the</p><p>affect of extremely long lines on the exercise of the elective franchise.</p><p>Across the state, long wait times reportedly forced some voters to leave their polling places without voting in order to attend work, school or family</p><p>responsibilities. Additionally, other voters left because their physical disabilities prevented them from standing in line.</p><p></p><p>Voters who could wait, however, stood in line s for up to 12 hours in order to vote.</p><p></p><p>In Knox County, students attending Kenyon College stood in line for 10 hours.</p><p>The last voter to cast a ballot did so around 4:00a.m. </p><p></p><p>In some neighborhoods of Columbus, voters waited in the rain for up to four hours.</p><p>Due to the wait, some elections observers estimate that 15,000 voters left their Columbus polling locations without voting. </p><p></p><p>Further, voters faced long lines and crowded precincts in other urban areas such as Youngstown and Toledo, where many voters apparently left without voting.</p><p></p><p>The long waits stemmed, in part, from an inadequate allocation of voting machines.</p><p>County boards of elections allocated voting equipment using voting figures from the 2002 gubernatorial election.</p><p>However, in 2002,only 3.3 million Ohioans cast their vote.</p><p></p><p>Those Ohioans made up 40% of registered voters in the state.</p><p>In 2004, nearly 5.7 million Ohioans (67.9% of registered voters) went to the polls to cast their vote.</p><p>Franklin County voters suffered from one of the most disproportionate allocation s of voting machines.</p><p>The county board supplied <strong>2,866 </strong>machines for its 788 precincts.</p><p></p><p><strong>Despite an increased turnout of about 25% from the 2000 election, the county board reduced the number of machines in 217 of its precincts.</strong></p><p><strong>More than half of Franklin Countys preci ncts offered the same number of voting machines in 2000 and 2004.</strong></p><p><strong>Some studies claim that, given the 515,472 people who cast a vote in the county, the board of elections should have supplied roughly <span style="color: #B22222">5,000 </span>voting machines.</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/news/20090824.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/news/20090824.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>You can get by with fewer voting machines as long as you allow more total hours to vote.</p><p>But when officials restrict the number of voting hours AND the number of voting machines at the smae time the intent is rather obvious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 2642262, member: 3371"] The 2004 Ohio presidential general election has been widely criticized for the affect of extremely long lines on the exercise of the elective franchise. Across the state, long wait times reportedly forced some voters to leave their polling places without voting in order to attend work, school or family responsibilities. Additionally, other voters left because their physical disabilities prevented them from standing in line. Voters who could wait, however, stood in line s for up to 12 hours in order to vote. In Knox County, students attending Kenyon College stood in line for 10 hours. The last voter to cast a ballot did so around 4:00a.m. In some neighborhoods of Columbus, voters waited in the rain for up to four hours. Due to the wait, some elections observers estimate that 15,000 voters left their Columbus polling locations without voting. Further, voters faced long lines and crowded precincts in other urban areas such as Youngstown and Toledo, where many voters apparently left without voting. The long waits stemmed, in part, from an inadequate allocation of voting machines. County boards of elections allocated voting equipment using voting figures from the 2002 gubernatorial election. However, in 2002,only 3.3 million Ohioans cast their vote. Those Ohioans made up 40% of registered voters in the state. In 2004, nearly 5.7 million Ohioans (67.9% of registered voters) went to the polls to cast their vote. Franklin County voters suffered from one of the most disproportionate allocation s of voting machines. The county board supplied [COLOR="#B22222"][/COLOR][B]2,866 [/B]machines for its 788 precincts. [B]Despite an increased turnout of about 25% from the 2000 election, the county board reduced the number of machines in 217 of its precincts. More than half of Franklin Countys preci ncts offered the same number of voting machines in 2000 and 2004. Some studies claim that, given the 515,472 people who cast a vote in the county, the board of elections should have supplied roughly [COLOR="#B22222"]5,000 [/COLOR]voting machines.[/B] [url]http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/news/20090824.pdf[/url] You can get by with fewer voting machines as long as you allow more total hours to vote. But when officials restrict the number of voting hours AND the number of voting machines at the smae time the intent is rather obvious. [/QUOTE]
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