What's the longest you've ever had to wait in line to vote? Where in the world? (lemmy.world)

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Me: Ireland - Approximately 2 minutes until poll in hand is the longest.

I've been seeing long lines for the US elections even for early voting. Seems completely unnecessary.

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Unfortunately it seems to be a systemic issue with certain states. At one point several had federally monitored elections to prevent shenanigans but I don’t know if that’s true anymore

i think that you're referring to the voting rights act of 1965 and it was rendered toothless by the supreme court in 2013 and it was created because of those systematic issues.

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