The Trump administration has done everything it can to suppress the most democratic of all our processes: election voting. And instead of working to provide economic stimulus and food relief and public health leadership in the face of our country’s ongoing crisis, Donald Trump and the Republican Party have seized on the COVID-19 pandemic to try and attack one of the country’s most hallowed institutions: the United States Postal Service. They’ve done this in order to suppress the larger-than-usual mail-in voting that is expected because of the current global pandemic. Unfortunately, there is reason to worry about mail-in voting under the Republican Party, as the only evidence of mail-in voting fraud has been perpetrated by Republicans and our Postal Service has been purposely crippled by the Trump administration.
Along with the only infrastructure the Republican Party seems to have built over the past few decades (consisting of voter suppression and disenfranchisement of Americans), this election marks arguably the most serious test our democracy will face in the modern era. However, many states across the country offer early voting. Today—Oct. 6, 2020—Ohio opens up polling sites for early voting. On Monday, it was announced that Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose would not allow multiple drop boxes per county, even after a “panel of judges from the 10th District Court of Appeals ruled that LaRose, a Republican, could allow multiple drop boxes per county.” But based on the reports and images coming from around the internet, Americans are not going to throw away their shot at being heard this election, no matter the obstacles.
Right out of the gate in Hamilton County:
Check out Franklin County.
Wear those masks, and bring a book.
Lines stretching for miles in Dayton:
Hey, bring a chair. I’m not mad at ya.
What’s happening in Akron?
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, anyone?
Athens:
Can’t be sure who people voted for. This person’s vote might remain a mystery until Election Day.
Godspeed, Ohio.