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In reply to the discussion: How about this??? [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,633 posts)Aside from the fact that a lot of low-income workers work both days (restaurant/grocery store/gas station/etc.), it would be nearly impossible to protect the vote.
I cover one polling location3 precincts (all in the same physical location). I can't find a good easy number for polling locations - but pulling up a random county there were about 20 - putting Ohio locations at perhaps 1500 - 2000. In many polling locations, there are two voter protection volunteers assigned - so perhaps 3000 for election day. The expected hours for volunteering are from 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Doing that two days in a row (sandwiched between two full work weeks - not going to happen for many of us So having two full days would close to double the number needed.
That's just voter protection. In the polling location where I vote, there are 6 volunteers. So now you need 5-10,000 pollworkers - roughly the same hours as voter protection. These have to be party members, so you need 11,000 democrats or so to run the polls and protect the vote.
(This contrasts with early voting which is proctored by paid workers, and there are typically 1-2 voter protection workers per county for each day of early voting.)