MSNBC: 10 hour lines to vote in black areas of Cleveland, OH

[left-of-center2012]

3 times the turn out there compared to four years ago.

MSNBC is guessing these are Biden voters.

[Sherman A1]

1. Great for the turnout

sad that folks have to be inline for 10 damn hours to exercise their right to vote. I would be all over local officials.

[Bettie]

3. Well, the new congress gets sworn in on January 3rd

Hopefully, a voting rights bill can be passed and on Biden's desk on day one.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. And before the SC can overrule it, balance the court.

I dont know how many votes we need to do that though.

[lagomorph777]

23. Simple majorities.

We'll need every Senate Dem to fall in line.

[groundloop]

57. Getting Democrats to agree on anything has been describes as being like herding cats.....however -

THIS is so important, and while everyone is feeling the sting of being fucked over by Moscow Mitch, I suspect all Senate Democrats will be totally on board.

[lagomorph777]

65. Dammit they'd better be!

[Marius25]

2. I hope people don't get fed up and leave.

[PatSeg]

7. That's unlikely

[Andy823]

52. I agree

the people are tired of trump and his corrupt administration, and they are letting him know by voting him out of office.

[PatSeg]

58. People aren't taking

this election lightly. Democrats are on a mission and are prepared for delays and difficulties. Republicans with all their voter suppression tactics, have underestimated Democrats' resolve. They most definitely have underestimated the determination of black voters.

[treestar]

13. Hope they are angry enough to stay strong

and not let the assholes win!

[Bantamfancier]

4. Those folks aren't standing in that line

for that long to re-elect that asshole.

[treestar]

12. Good point!

The obvious attempt to suppress black voters is evil.

[BKDem]

5. This is a goddamn disgrace.

[greenjar_01]

6. Fox decision room: Those are Biden voters

Karl Rove: wait, wait. Don't call it yet!!!

[Roland99]

8. shades of 2004 when precincts around Cleveland were WAY underequipped

esp when compared to conservative southern OH

[ffr]

9. Can we give these people a hand? This is nuts!

[triron]

22. Rachel did a segment last night on entertainers that perform for voters who are waiting.

Someone needs to contact them.

[lagomorph777]

24. What about restrooms?

[TheFarseer]

59. I heard about efforts to crowd fund portapotties

Not sure where that was or if they were successful

[mopinko]

33. chef andres is out there feeding ppl.

he's funding local restaurants all over to get out and feed ppl in line.

[treestar]

11. This enrages me

They are so blatant.

[Farmgirl1961]

14. Some needs to get them some pizza and entertainment

Turn it into a friggin block party.

[FBaggins]

15. Isn't this one of the counties lacking mail-in ballots?

That Trump-loving printing company that couldn’t keep up with demand

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. Yeah, Cuyahoga was affected too.

By the damn printing company that had a Trump flag on their company flagpole!

[BSdetect]

16. These lines are ridiculous. What a waste of energy / time. Please fucking mail in your vote.

[lagomorph777]

31. Way too late to mail it in! SCROTUS has ruled that mail ballots shall not be accepted after Nov 3rd

...and Louie DaJerk has trashed USPS.

Drop it off in person, or vote in person.

[Ms. Toad]

36. Can't. This is one of the areas with ballots arriving late

From the (trump supporting) printer.

[slumcamper]

51. Yep, that's a fact, folks...(so-called "delays" in printing)

RWers across the land are conspiring over how to suppress the vote. Let's END this shit!

[coti]

62. Or just drop it off at your register of voters nt

[SMC22307]

71. It's October 27th -- waaay too late to fucking mail in your vote. (n/t)

[BSdetect]

72. I'm thinking about the next time - this lining up for hours is crap.

[SMC22307]

73. It is crap -- these blatant voter suppression efforts needs to STOP.

Along with the attacks on the USPS.

[csziggy]

17. Are they going to keep the polling places open 24 hours a day?

Since in most places, they cannot close the polls until the last person in line at the time they are supposed to close, will they keep the polls open long enough for all to vote?

If they do, they might as well stay open 24 hours a day since by the time they take care of everyone in line it will only be an hour or two before they have to reopen.

[David__77]

18. I see no reason to hail voting lines.

It should be in and out, efficiently.

[left-of-center2012]

27. One 'hails' the people standing in line for 10 hours

God bless them.

[David__77]

29. That, I agree with.

That they're made to wait to vote is terrible. Very different matter from my perspective.

[Codeine]

28. It is both a failure of government

and a testament to the enthusiasm and tenacity of the voters.

So I guess hail it and condemn that it’s become necessary?

[David__77]

30. I agree. It's great that people are so motivated.

The institutions that set the conditions for hours long lines, have failed on that account.

[TheRealNorth]

42. I agree

This is bullshit. As someone that has voted (mostly) in suburban precincts, I think the longest I have ever had to wait in line was no more than 30 minutes.

The people that stick it out deserve a gold star, but I am tired of this happening every 4 years.

[David__77]

53. In California, I think I've waited a few minutes at most over the years.

...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. Thank you, Cleveland voters!

No thanks to the roadblocks from the Republicans in this state, but many thanks to all of you!

(I'll be ashamed if this state votes for Trump AGAIN.)

[louis-t]

21. Disgraceful.

My guess is they have or or two, barely working voting machines. These people should know we admire their tenacity.

[Botany]

25. Those long lines good.

Yes, they might be quicker but they are all good blue voters and this stops even longer lines
on election day.

[gratuitous]

26. Song for the voters of Cleveland

[Buckeye_Democrat]

32. You're not welcome anymore, Dumb Donnie!

Goodbye, and change the locks of the White House.

Edit: Trump wasn't welcomed in the first place, but I like this song. Lol!

[ananda]

34. Lol. Guessing?

Of course they're Biden voters.

That's why there aren't enough polling places
for them.

[Kid Berwyn]

35. What Doc Rivers said.

“We keep loving this country and this country doesn't love us back.”

[bucolic_frolic]

37. These patriots deserve free food while waiting so long

Hope they hang in there

[DENVERPOPS]

50. Free food and drink

benches, and san-o-lets........

[GopherGal]

74. Yes, they do.

Feed the polls:
https://www.feedthepolls.org]

World Central Kitchen participating in Chefs for the Polls
https://chefsforthepolls.org]

[Traildogbob]

38. OK, Lebron

Home needin some entertainment. Send some of your peeps. You know lots of entertainers, that hate trump. Put up a net, have the NBA best shoot horse games while these people stand there to end trump.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

40. This!

Some lightweight chairs would be nice too.

[Traildogbob]

54. Yes!

Anything to support these hero’s.

[edhopper]

39. I haven't trusted Ohio in decades

stolen in 200, 2004 and 2016.
And Obama only won in OH because he got enough votes to overcome the suppression and cheating.

[Clearly fogged in]

41. MSNBC could phrase it better, they are evil

Add 10 hours to the current time of day is the same as saying, If you're not here yet, Come back tomorrow. You won't get in today.

[dchill]

43. K&R.

[world wide wally]

44. You've got to admire those people for sticking it out!

[philf99]

45. 2016 in Cuyahoga County

Clinton badly under performed Obama. In terms of under performance Cuyahoga was the worst county in the state of Ohio. Hoping that will change

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. I know voting is a State's right thing, but dammit, can't the federal government do ANYTHING?

We can't rely on the SCOTUS now. IF Biden is re-elected, and with a Senate and House majority. Is there no avenue to which a federal law can be passed that insures States must provide adequate opportunity and voting in a timely manner? How about announcing a national holiday every federal voting day, once every two years? Something.

[AdamGG]

64. They can & should pass the law, but right wing SCOTUS will probably overrule it

They overruled Mccain/Feingold reforms and the RWNJ's only had a 5-4 majority then.

[rainin]

47. Has anyone heard our candidates talking about a new vision for voting?

What if we guaranteed sufficient funding for states that want to make voting easier? Funds could be awarded to precincts/states/districts for meeting certain criteria such as percentage of eligible voters showing up to vote and keeping waiting times down to a manageable 20 minutes. We could circulate an election bill to states to be passed by state democratic-led states (in the beginning).

Voting must be made easier.

[pandr32]

48. They are all activists

I am so proud of our fellow citizens. As horrible as the conditions are there are Americans across the U.S. enduring them in order to make change. We have such wonderful Americans that care about the future and others.

[JohnnyRingo]

49. Of course they're Biden voters.

That's why it's a 10 hour wait.

I wonder how many gave up and went home, or to work.
It's good to admire those who wait it out, but the republican voter suppression plan is working as planned.

[hamsterjill]

55. I'm in Texas but if anyone is in that line in Ohio

Please give them all my thanks for their resolve, their strength and their tenacity. They are fighting back by standing there for that horrendous amount of time and they have my admiration.

[mackdaddy]

56. And early voting has been open for 3 full weeks in Ohio!

This is just crazy that this situation exists.

The Ohio SOS has mandated only one polling place even for the counties of over a Million people. (same one polling place as for my rural county of about 30 thousand.

I was able to vote early in-person about 20 minutes after the early voting opened back on October 6th. My line was only about 15 minutes long and it moved very quickly.

We need to purge the Republicans out of this state, especially the SOS that made up these stupid rules.

I hope we don't have another shit show like this on the final day of voting of the traditional election day of Nov 3rd. Hopefully there will be more open precincts.

[The_Casual_Observer]

60. It's pure voter suppression to have lines like that. It's on purpose.

[Clearly fogged in]

61. They could have stood up for us better

If the story was, Democratic leaders in ... are looking to see if election tampering played a role in estimating voter turnout in the district....

[AdamGG]

63. There were lines like that in Cleveland in 2004

on election day because the Rethugs running the state had purposely reduced the # of voting machines they had. Arguably, Kerry could have won Ohio & the election if the state hadn't made the wait a lot longer in Cuyahoga County.

I wonder if the large lines now are just due to the heavy turnout, or if again the state is purposely trying to make things move very slowly. If there's a 10 hour line, more people are bound to give up than if the wait is 40 minutes, or something.

[LisaL]

68. It's one early voting place per over 800,000 registered voters.

That's why there are long lines.

[LisaL]

66. The reason for the long lines is that OH only allows for one early voting place

per county. So two largest counties, Cuyahoga and Franklin, with over a 800,000 registered voters each, only have one early voting place, each.
Same as rural counties with 50,000 voters. Somehow OH thinks that's fair.
One early voting place and one drop box per county.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

67. We need state legislatures so we can fix this! Voting should be fast, easy, and convenient.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

76. Rural voters get more representation in Ohio...

... just like they get for the USA in general.

It's the same kind of ridiculous principle that gives 30 Republican Senators to 15 states with a combined population less than California (with only 2 Democratic Senators).

[AdamGG]

69. There should be federal laws that mandate easy voting access in federal elections

Though now the Barrett, KKKavanaugh, Long Dong Silver SCOTUS would probably overturn any laws like that.

[Tribetime]

70. Only one place to vote in the whole County of 1.2 million

[LisaL]

75. And the only drop box per county.

They sure don't make it easy, do they?