Subj : Re: Voting
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Fri Nov 11 2022 16:29:04

On 11 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > Travel distance is not the only parameter to consider. Traffic at the si
 MP> > should also be considered. Only one person can use the single drop box a
 MP> > time.
 MP> All you do is drop a ballot in.  Traffic there matters no more than the
 MP> 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.

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