A clumsy early voting option has backed up election offices in Pennsylvania and frustrated voters

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 21:20:08 | Updated at 2024-10-31 19:35:53 22 hours ago

A clumsy early voting option has backed up election offices in Pennsylvania and frustrated voters
AP ^ | October 29, 2024

Posted on 10/30/2024 2:01:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

A clumsy and time-consuming early voting option in the nation’s biggest presidential battleground state is creating frustration, leading to hours-long lines and prompting claims of disenfranchisement as voters swamp county offices that are not prepared to handle the influx.

The confusion is partly a result of a Pennsylvania law passed just before the pandemic, and partly from crowds of Republican voters heeding calls by their party and former President Donald Trump to vote early. Trump’s entreaties to his supporters to cast ballots before the Nov. 5 election come after he repeatedly attacked forms of early voting in previous years.

In the seat of suburban Philadelphia’s Bucks County, often seen as a political bellwether, voters waited up to three hours on Tuesday, the final day to apply for a mail ballot.

Why the change from four years ago when relatively few voters tried to apply for early ballots in-person?

“Because he told us to vote early. I was just trying to make it ‘too big to rig,'” said Marlene Burns, 52, repeating one of Trump’s standard lines encouraging his supporters to vote. “So yeah, that’s why I’m voting at the courthouse and wanted to have my vote in person.”

The early voting angst is the latest dustup over voting in Pennsylvania, which has the largest trove of electoral votes of any battleground state and is by far the state most visited by the Democratic and Republican presidential tickets this year. The runup to Election Day in the state has been marked by numerous battles over mail ballots, some landing on the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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To: MinorityRepublican

Onesie? That’s what we’re going with? Lol

2 posted on 10/30/2024 2:02:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)

To: MinorityRepublican

Autocorrect and old eyes. Clumsy

3 posted on 10/30/2024 2:03:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)

To: MinorityRepublican

Pennsylvania results should be tossed. Eff them. Scumbags.

4 posted on 10/30/2024 2:04:28 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)

To: MinorityRepublican

So will “clumsy” now enter the FR lexicon of approved Drive-By Media words, along with “unexpected” and “pounce.”

5 posted on 10/30/2024 2:05:46 PM PDT by abb

To: HYPOCRACY

Pennsylvania results should be tossed. Eff them. Scumbags.

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We’re all suppose to act like this voting thing is on the up and up. Give me a F’ing break.

To: MinorityRepublican

“In the seat of suburban Philadelphia’s Bucks County, often seen as a political bellwether, voters waited up to three hours on Tuesday, the final day to apply for a mail ballot. “

Now that confuses me. Are they waiting in line to get mail in ballots or are they waiting in line to vote?

7 posted on 10/30/2024 2:11:53 PM PDT by Revel

To: MinorityRepublican

Ah, the ever Leftist AP swooping in to try to excuse the Democrat cheating machine. If the issues are due to the law then why aren ‘t we hearing any issues at mostly Democrat polling places and not just Republican majority places. I’ll trust the National Enquirer before the lying AP.

8 posted on 10/30/2024 2:12:26 PM PDT by falcon99 ( )

To: Revel

Both.

You get a mail in ballot and drop it off in person.

To: Revel

WAITING TO APPLY FOR A MAIL IN BALLOT.....

10 posted on 10/30/2024 2:18:33 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)

To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Thanks. How many times do you have wait in line to do that?

11 posted on 10/30/2024 2:18:37 PM PDT by Revel

To: HYPOCRACY

Pennsylvania results should be tossed. Eff them. Scumbags.

Carful there, we are going to win regardless of the cheat and when we do the dems would love toss the results.

12 posted on 10/30/2024 2:19:03 PM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)

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