If it was their only means of voting, you might have a point. As it is, I am guessing it is one of at least three.

Nevertheless, there's absolutely no legitimate reason to only have one per county irrespective of the counties' population differences.

The original arguement was that there should not be one per county for
urban counties. If you are going to change the arguement and say that all counties should have more than one, that is no longer a special request for certain areas and I cannot disagree.

There's also no legitimate reason to move the opening time for Sunday early voting from 11am to 1pm, when it's well known that many Black churches have "Souls to the Polls" events at which they all go directly from church to vote.

Would you want members of a conservative "white" church going from a
service where their conservative white preacher got them fired up about
certain candidates, amendments, etc., going directly from church to vote?

To me that is like thinking having polling hours immediately after a Trump rally is a good idea. If you want people who make their individual
choices, I would think having any group going to the polls directly from
what was likely (from the title) a groupthink session would be a bad idea.


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Travel distance is not the only parameter to consider. Traffic at the site should also be considered. Only one person can use the single drop box at a time.

All you do is drop a ballot in. Traffic there matters no more than the
line at the polling place... even less so.

They would not face near the congestion at that drop box that urban voters would. In rural Texas counties, the county seat is much more important than in urban Texas counties. One-stoplight towns don't tend to have their own tax offices, courthouse, etc., but rely on the county seat to fulfill that need. The towns that are the county seats often are not that big themselves and so only have one tax office, one courthouse, etc. This seems to work well for them.

In contrast, large ubran cities often have more than one county tax office (usually a main one and some branches) and more than one courthouse, because that's what's needed to serve the community. And that seems to work well for them.

I am certain that drop box is also not their only polling place.


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On 11 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...

Travel distance is not the only parameter to consider. Traffic at the si should also be considered. Only one person can use the single drop box a time.

All you do is drop a ballot in. Traffic there matters no more than the line at the polling place... even less so.

And yet, there are polling places all over the county. Of course traffic matters because with only one drop box people from all over the densely-populated county are trying to get to it.

Harris County has a population of 4.728 million as of 2021. If less than a quarter of those people -- 1,000,000 people -- each took one second to drop their ballot in the box, people would be dropping off ballots 7 days a week,
24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, 60 seconds a minute for over eleven and a half days.

They would not face near the congestion at that drop box that urban vote would. In rural Texas counties, the county seat is much more important t in urban Texas counties. One-stoplight towns don't tend to have their ow offices, courthouse, etc., but rely on the county seat to fulfill that n The towns that are the county seats often are not that big themselves an only have one tax office, one courthouse, etc. This seems to work well f them.

I am certain that drop box is also not their only polling place.

No, it's not, but it's supposed to be convenient. What's the harm in having more than one drop box per county? Is it that too many people might vote too easily?

Jeff.

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Harris County has a population of 4.728 million as of 2021. If less than a quarter of those people -- 1,000,000 people -- each took one second to drop their ballot in the box, people would be dropping off ballots 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, 60 seconds a minute for over eleven and a half days.

All you have to do is drop the ballot in.

They would not face near the congestion at that drop box that urban vot
would. In rural Texas counties, the county seat is much more important in urban Texas counties. One-stoplight towns don't tend to have their o
offices, courthouse, etc., but rely on the county seat to fulfill that The towns that are the county seats often are not that big themselves a
only have one tax office, one courthouse, etc. This seems to work well them.

I am certain that drop box is also not their only polling place.

No, it's not, but it's supposed to be convenient. What's the harm in having more than one drop box per county? Is it that too many people might vote too easily?

If it was their only means of voting, you might have a point. As it is, I
am guessing it is one of at least three.


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On 12 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...

Harris County has a population of 4.728 million as of 2021. If less than quarter of those people -- 1,000,000 people -- each took one second to d their ballot in the box, people would be dropping off ballots 7 days a w 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, 60 seconds a minute for over eleven half days.

All you have to do is drop the ballot in.

Well, if you're in line, you have to advance forward when the person in front of you moves forward, and then drop the ballot in. A single second seems generous. But at a single second per drop nonstop, 1 million people would
take 11.5 days to put their ballots in the box.

They would not face near the congestion at that drop box that urb vot
would. In rural Texas counties, the county seat is much more impo in urban Texas counties. One-stoplight towns don't tend to have t o
offices, courthouse, etc., but rely on the county seat to fulfill The towns that are the county seats often are not that big themse a
only have one tax office, one courthouse, etc. This seems to work them.

I am certain that drop box is also not their only polling place.

No, it's not, but it's supposed to be convenient. What's the harm in hav more than one drop box per county? Is it that too many people might vote easily?

If it was their only means of voting, you might have a point. As it is,
I am guessing it is one of at least three.

Nevertheless, there's absolutely no legitimate reason to only have one per county irrespective of the counties' population differences.

There's also no legitimate reason to move the opening time for Sunday early voting from 11am to 1pm, when it's well known that many Black churches have "Souls to the Polls" events at which they all go directly from church to vote.

Jeff.

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