Josh Marshall reprints an email he received from a volunteer in Florida who is helping people get out and vote (Florida’s polls are open for voting). It’s heartening no matter who you support, honestly. Only about half the people in the United States votes at all; hopefully this year the numbers will be much, much higher.
- My job is to get people to the polls and, more importantly, to keep them there. Because they’re crazily jammed. Crazily. No one expected this turnout. For me, it’s been a deeply humbling, deeply gratifying experience. At today’s early vote in the College Hill district of East Tampa — a heavily democratic, 90% African American community — we had 879 voters wait an average of five hours to cast their vote. People were there until four hours after they closed (as long as they’re in line by 5, they can vote).
Also, this is linked everywhere, but it’s good information: Voters’ Rights.
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