No One Should Have to Stand in Line for 10 Hours to Vote

Everyone complains that young people don't vote, but consider the experience of students at Kenyon College in Ohio in the 2004 election. Officials in Knox County, Ohio, provided just two voting machines for the school's 1,300 voters. Some students waited in line for 10 hours, and the last bleary-eyed voter did not cast a ballot until nearly 4 a.m. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Aug 26, 2008 - 8:16 PM PDT
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

While I believe from prior knowledge that most of the claims are true, this story makes a lot of them with no evidence. For some reason the term "local officials" is used for county officials, a little deceptive. The claims made do support the ultimate premise of the piece, and it does offer some information.

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