It begins with those mostly unregarded local offices--board of education, county clerk, board of elections, etc.And for many years it didn't seem to matter what party a candidate belonged to and things rocked along fairly smoothly.
But now that politics has been thoroughly weaponized on the state level (gerrymandering, for just one example) and not least of all on the national, I shouldn't have been surprised to see that the effort to suppress voting is right here in Madison County. Our Board of Elections --3 (R) 2(D) -- voted along party lines to cut the number of early voting sites from three to one. The vote was taken before citizen comments were heard. When they were heard, opposition was all too evident.
Ours is a very large rural county with one main highway that is often very congested when I-40 is closed--an event that happens all too often. For those wishing to vote early, this imposes a significant burden.
Since the vote was not unanimous, the decision will go to the state BOE. I encourage my MadCo friends to email your opinions to them and to the local BOE.
And a reminder to all to pay attention to those small local races when it comes election time.
Here are their email addresses:
elections.sboe@ncsbe.gov
4 comments:
Yes indeed! Local elections are so important these days! Everyone needs accessible ballot boxes!
They have plotted well. Sadly.
This is horrible, but not surprising. And I know how screwed up the mail there is after the flood destroyed so much. (Everything you send me goes south through Greenville, SC before heading north again to reach me in Northern Virginia!) I hope friends and neighbors can get together and make sure everyone gets to polls either early or on election day. Acting together to help each other has never been more vital.
The lengths those despicable officials go to keep voters away !
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