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Edit of yesterday's meme with accounted for non-voters
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
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Not voting means you're fine if either of the two major candidates win. Inaction is also a choice with consequences that can have decades of impact.
Last time I went to vote, it was for the 2016 election. I spent 3 hours in line, only for them to close the voting library with around 200 people ahead of me still waiting to vote. Our state does not allow early voting.
This is not legal; you have a right to vote. Call those numbers if you have an issue and don't leave the line.
We don't all have to be activists, but one day of the year we can spend a little extra time ensuring we remain a democracy.
That's very strange that they closed the polls with people waiting. My understanding was you had a right to vote if you were in line.
Because it's a made up story bro.
Fuck you, I'm telling the truth. They locked the doors to the library at 8pm and told everyone still waiting outside in the rain to go home.
I hope at least someone is paying you to lie lol
You know what? You and everyone accuaing me of lying about this can go to hell, I am telling the truth. Shit, if this is the attitude of the typical voter, all the more reason I don't care to vote, I don't care to stand in line with douchebags that'll just as soon call people liars instead of accepting that I'm telling the truth and admit that it was pretty fucked up.
I have nothing more to say about it, Mississippi is about a back-asswards state anyways.
I mean you weren't going to vote anyways... Lol
8pm is 8pm, no exceptions.
Sad that I (and a few friends) got there and stood in line from around 5pm on, only to still be like 200 people back in line when they closed.
Cool story, too bad it's inaccurate. [In every state in the USA, if you are waiting in line when polls close you have the right to remain in line and cast your vote, regardless of how long it takes.](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/your-rights-at-the-polls/]
If you were told to go home because the polls were closed and they weren't accepting further voters, then you were lied to.
Tell that to the ~200 people that didn't get to vote that evening. Hell, everyone was standing in the rain waiting in line to vote when they closed, and everyone waiting outside was like what the fuck?!