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Reminder: US election on Tuesday
Nov. 5th, 2022 09:34 amIf applicable, please remember to vote (if you haven't already).
24-hour polling place for one day/night
Nov. 1st, 2020 11:29 pmThis is awesome. (NY Times) Elections officials should make it easier to vote, not harder.
Harris County, Texas, offered 24-hour voting at eight different locations, the night before early voting ended. Harris County is the third most populous in the US; it includes Houston, which is the fourth largest city in the US. People voted in every hour of the clock. Some were just getting off from work. Some wouldn't have been able to vote otherwise.
It was the idea of a new election official for the county, Chris Hollins. "Mr. Hollins, 34, is the youngest and the first Black clerk of Harris County. He has pushed to make it easier to vote during the pandemic, tripling the number of early-voting sites and opening drive-through voting locations. The all-night voting event was the first time in Texas history polls were open 24 hours."
10,250 people voted, including 800 between midnight and 7 a.m. (when the polling places usually open).
Harris County, Texas, offered 24-hour voting at eight different locations, the night before early voting ended. Harris County is the third most populous in the US; it includes Houston, which is the fourth largest city in the US. People voted in every hour of the clock. Some were just getting off from work. Some wouldn't have been able to vote otherwise.
It was the idea of a new election official for the county, Chris Hollins. "Mr. Hollins, 34, is the youngest and the first Black clerk of Harris County. He has pushed to make it easier to vote during the pandemic, tripling the number of early-voting sites and opening drive-through voting locations. The all-night voting event was the first time in Texas history polls were open 24 hours."
10,250 people voted, including 800 between midnight and 7 a.m. (when the polling places usually open).
