Reply #105: If African Americans voted Republican

[insane_cratic_gal]

I don't believe we would be seeing the type of suppression that was documented in Oh and Fl others areas across the country.

Case in point in OH 480 precincts were cut from Kerry area's college, poor whites, African Americans. In one county alone they sliced 149!

In Bush Republican areas only 429

I won't stand to hear that it was just excess numbers, that's just bullshit. It was deliberate. If you listen to the Franklin county hearing from last week. You'll hear that some places in 2002 had 5 machines. this year those same areas had 3 and one was usually malfunctioning. Listening to their stories of determination to cast that ballot, brought tears to my eyes. It was inspiring. Despite rain, despite hunger, despite wrestling with low moral. They stood in line.
They combined 2 precincts into one building, so those would stood in line to vote and came up to their turn, were turned away and sent back to the END of the line for their precinct. add another +2 hours.

My own experience was far different in a majority white city. I didn't have to wait at all. There was no line at 9:15 in the morning. By 9:30 after punching a card I was done and on my way home.

Franklin also had 128 unused machines stuck in a storage. While these people stood in line for 2.5 hours to 10 hours.

They also had the brunt of e-voting machines.

There was no doubt if you look at OH, African Americans right to vote, were infringed upon. There is no excuse you can give me that will make me believe otherwise.

It's disgusting to me that in this day in age, there is still targeting and disenfranchising happening.

That's it just my two cents based on what I have heard from those who tried to cast a vote on Nov. 2