Democratic Voting in Texas was Extremely Difficult.
Posted by: info | March 8, 2008
A trip to the polls was never designed to be this difficult I hope. I couldn’t believe how hard it was to learn the voting process in Texas. In fact is was dreadful and a lot of people I spoke to felt the same way. I don’t know if it was this hard to vote everywhere in the state. I do know that my wife and I had a lot of difficulty and was completely lost in the situation of voting for the democratic race for president of the Untied Sates of America. This is the highest office of the free world and should be much easier as it can impact outcomes of the American People. Here are some of the troubles my wife and I had, you probably will not believe how it went.
First of all, I would like to mention these are the experiences my wife and I had and could have been different across the state. However, this seemed to be very widespread where I was voting after hearing and seeing a lot for the same questions and responses in the room.
I went to vote today for the primary in the democratic race in Texas. I have voted a few times before and it has always been at the same place. However, I went there and there was nobody around, no signs or any information in the area. I assumed that I missed a message or something else was going on. I even thought for a minute that I wasn’t able to vote today. I went to my local library after that to seek help. I didn’t have any luck there. So, I decided to go home. On my way home I stopped by the local store and asked in line if anybody knew where voting was taking place this year (my wife thought I was crazy). A voter there was kind enough to tell me where she voted. I was so happy!
We went to the polls and was amazed at the amount of people voting. This was a great sign to me and I was pleased to see the turn out. My wife and I went in and she realized she left her license at home. They told us that she would need to come back in order to vote (very understandable). There was two tables one democrat, one republican. I showed my license, checked in and wanted to ask for information about the caucus. I knew the caucus was going on but I had no idea what it was or meant. I have never voted like this or in one of these before.
I wanted to know what time it was being held and what I needed to do if anything. The worker at the table had no idea on when the caucus started or what it really was. In fact, she said I could vote just in the primary if I wanted (which is true) but, I wanted to vote in both and learn the process and help my candidate. Trying to get help was like pulling teeth. I really felt as the worker just wanted to escape the question and move me on in line. This worker didn’t care to find out the answer to my questions or ask anyone else for help and didn’t tell me a thing about the caucus. Frustrated, I decided to vote in the primary and come back before polls closing with my wife so she could vote and I could learn more about the caucus.
We went back at 6:45. This was 15 minutes until the polls was closing for the primary according to the employee. As we arrived, I led my wife in to vote and found out the polls had been closed for the primary and tables was being set up. I assume for the caucus. Once again, I faced major issues with finding out information. Nobody could tell me why the polls shut off the or at what time and I couldn’t find out anything about the caucus. The entire line seemed to be as frustrated and confused as I was. Nobody there seemed to know what was going on. Everybody was talking and becoming quite annoyed with the process. I left in total frustration.
I will do everything possible to make voting easier in the future here in Texas. I am an educated person and couldn’t figure out the process and why I should vote twice. It bothers me to think that a candidate could earn as many or more delegates cause they had more voters vote twice for them in the same day. They earned more or as much and had a lot less people voting for them in the state. What is this?
It also bothered me to find out some people who are Republican can vote in the Democratic election. What party would want this and how fair is it? It is no wander why so many people choose not to exercise their most powerful right in the USA, the right to vote and elect the country’s top leaders. On this night it seemed as if a voter had to be a rocket scientist to figure out the process. I hope we can change it in time for the next election. However, i am sure people in Florida was thinking the same thin back in 2000. Let’s work together and fix our election problems before complaining about another country.
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