RE: polling sites

["Shahab Mesbah" <meteor2@moscow.com>]

This is an excellent idea. I also think that Election Day needs to be a
national holiday. Too many people never get a chance to get out and vote.
Many more have to vote after work, which causes huge lines. It seems that if
we want to increase citizen participation we need to make it easier for the
voters to vote. We need to make it a positive experience instead of a chore.

Shahab...


-----Original Message-----
From: John Danahy [mailto:JDANAHY@turbonet.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 8:08 PM
To: Vision2020
Subject: polling sites

I tend to vote after work which puts me into the 4:30 - 6:30 PM time frame.
The last several times I have voted there were long lines at some precincts
while at others there was no waiting at all.  When I first came to vote in
Moscow many years ago we had split polling sites.  I suggest that the time
has come again to visit this idea.  While the fairgrounds does make a great
polling site, parking is very limited, and the crowds are larger.  Why not
split the town up again into separate polling sites to make voting easier
and less time consuming for everyone?

John

John and Laurie Danahy
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