Bricker
November 2, 2004, 5:24pm
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jeevmon:
45 sec./ challenge x 35,000 challenges = 1,575,000 seconds = 26,250 minutes = 437.5 hours spent on addressing challenges. That translates into delays not only for the challenged voter, but also everyone else in the line. And may intimidate/ dissuade people from lining up at all because they don’t know that they won’t be challenged too, and asked to provide information or documents they just don’t have.
It’s a sleazy partisan stunt by a party that seriously and sincerely believes that their victory can only be achieved by depriving the poor and the dark-skinned of their right to vote.
Seems to me you’re saying the poor and the dark-skinned are more stupid and/or easily distracted, if you believe these tactics will work on them. I don’t believe that.