2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tonight I witnessed a shameful display of voter supression in Minnesota. [View all]SomeGuyInEagan
(1,515 posts)And I walk *very* fast, passing several others.
They advised being there at 6:30 for the 7:00 start and I was in line to part for that entire time. I left around 7:45 and the line of cars to get in was as long as when I was sitting in it. MPR was telling people that both parties had announced that voting was more important than an 8 p.m. deadline and encouraged people not to give up the wait.
Seriously ... this is Minnesota. We take voting VERY seriously. We remember the 2008 race between Obama and Clinton (Edwards has just dropped out by that time). Apparently the only ones surprised by the number of people showing up seems to have been the DFL party leaders.
(Side note - volunteers working and local politicians there to help direct people were fantastic - busy and overburdened - but fantastic).