It is absolutely ridiculous that there are 2.5 hour waits to vote in Washington County. This is just one of many examples of Pennsylvania's continued ineptness. You should be able to go to your polling place and vote in under 10 minutes. There should not be halfwits outside standing in the way handing out pamphlets and there shouldn't be limited polling stations.
Most importantly, there should be early voting offered. It is stupid that voting is all done on the same day unless you have a good excuse for an absentee ballot. But that wouldn't fit the GOP's voter suppression agenda.
Also to be added to Pennsylvania's black eye is the ridiculous fact that we're a state that doesn't have driver's license that will also work as Federal IDs come 2017. This is outrageous. And the Pennsylvania legislature ought to make it possible for all Pennsylvania residents who want a card that works as a Federal ID to get one at the state's expense. These cards cost $55. All because Pennsylvania wants to act all contrary to the Federal ID law that President Bush signed in the 2000s.
And for years, it was cheaper for those living in western PA to attend college at Youngstown State and pay out of state tuition as a neighboring county than to attend the state's own Public Universities. That is outrageous. This year that cost has changed and now its only a little cheaper to attend Slippery Rock.
But I won't be holding my breath for early voting or an ID. Pennsylvania prefers to not make things easy for its citizens. It would rather find more and more ways to drive people to other states.
