{"id":12531,"date":"2014-04-11T00:07:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12531"},"modified":"2014-04-11T00:07:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T07:07:52","slug":"where-to-go-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/11\/where-to-go-on-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Go on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are will be voting in a Democratic area of a Republican controlled state, you can count on experiencing long lines with hours of waiting.  Republicans are doing everything they can to keep you from voting.  However, I came across a new Republican tactic so egregious that it boggles the mind.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"GOPCloset\"During the 2012 presidential election, voters reportedly waited on line for upwards of six hours<\/a>. That wait alone is enough to deter would-be voters<\/a> from going to the polls. But now residents in Florida\u2019s most populous county will have another disincentive: they won\u2019t be able to go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Miami-Dade County Elections Department quietly implemented a policy to close the bathrooms at all polling facilities, according to disability rights lawyer Marc Dubin. Dubin said the policy change was in \u201cdirect response\u201d to an inquiry to the Elections Department about whether they had assessed accessibility of polling place bathrooms to those with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was expecting them to say either yes we have or yes we will,\u201d Dubin said.<\/p>\n

Instead, he received a written response<\/a> announcing that the county would close all restrooms at polling places \u201cto ensure that individuals with disabilities are not treated unfairly,\u201d a January email stated. \u201c[T]he Department\u2019s policy is not to permit access to restrooms at polling sites on election days<\/strong>,\u201d Assistant County Attorney Shanika Graves said in a Feb. 14 email<\/a>. Elections Department officials did not immediately respond to ThinkProgress inquiries. <\/p>\n

Dubin said he was \u201cshocked\u201d at this response, and not just because it suppresses the vote for everybody. The Americans with Disabilities Act also requires entities to make \u201creasonable accommodations\u201d to those with disabilities. For those with a number of conditions, including diabetics and those taking diuretics, closing the restroom will make standing in that line impossible, and thus discriminate against disabled voters\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Once upon a time, Only the Larry Craig Wing of the Republican Party wanted to get you into the bathroom.  If this spreads, as bad Republican ideas always do, Republicans will be trying to get you to get you to into the bathroom to get you out of the voting lines.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s where to go on Election Day.  Go on a Republican. \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n

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If you are will be voting in a Democratic area of a Republican controlled state, you can count on experiencing long lines with hours of waiting.  Republicans are doing everything they can to keep you from voting.  However, I came across a new Republican tactic so egregious that it boggles the mind. During the 2012 […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}