Pennsylvaniaʼs early-voting setup is making things hard for folks trying to cast their votes. County offices (which werent ready for so many people) are seeing way-too-long lines of mad voters who need to wait for hours
The mess comes from a not-well-thought-out law that came just before covid hit: now its causing big-time issues as more people want to vote early. Voting places are super-crowded with Republican voters who – in a weird turn-of-events – are following Donald Trumps new advice to vote before election day
The whole thing is extra-strange because Trump used to be totally against early voting; now hes telling his people to do it before nov 5th. Local election workers say theyre doing their best but the system just isnt built for this many people: “Weʼve never seen crowds like this before in pre-election voting“ [[said Mary Thompson‚ Doylestown election supervisor]]
The situation shows how fast things can change in politics – what was bad yesterday is good today‚ and nobody really thought about what would happen when the rules changed. Republican voters who used to avoid early voting are now showing up in record numbers; making the already-slow process even slower