Subj : Voting
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Nov 11 2022 14:49:00

> 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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