[Mikitivity]

Name:
Long Lines at Election Time

Description:
Long lines caused by a limited number of polling places and slow volunteer poll workers have helped contribute to a record low voter turnout. ?What good is a democracy if you have to wait in line 4 hours to vote!?

Options:
[option] ?You get what you pay for. Since our poll workers are all volunteers (most of whom are retired), they don?t feel the need to move along quickly,? argued @@RANDOMNAME@@ of the @@NAME@@ Citizen?s League of Voters. ?Let?s pay people to work the polls. That would encourage more people to volunteer and would shorten the wait time.?
[effect] ballots are frequently misplaced each election by 10-year old poll workers,
[stats] political freedoms increase slightly, voter apathy decreases slightly, tax rate increases slightly

[option] ?Good things come to those who wait,? answered volunteer poll worker @@RANDOMNAME@@. ?A democracy is not a fast food restaurant! It takes time to check to make sure people haven?t voted twice. Voting is a responsibility, so if people aren?t happy with long lines, they should just stay at home.?
[effect] polling place lines wrap around buildings as voters wait for hours to cast their ballots,
[stats] voter apathy increases significantly, political freedoms decrease slightly, civil freedoms increase slightly

[option] ?Why do we even need polling places? Why not simply allow us to mail our ballots,? asked voter @@RANDOMNAME@@. ?Naturally to be fair to the poor, the government should pay the cost of postage.?
[effect] mail-in ballots are often misplaced with junk mail,
[stats] tax rate increases slightly, voter apathy increases slightly, political freedoms increase slightly

[option] Local judge @@RANDOMNAME@@ suggested, ?We require people to serve on jury duty. If it were up to me, I would make a lottery where people are randomly selected and required to serve election duty.?
[effect] poll workers often show up late to election duty,
[stats] civil freedoms decrease slightly, voter apathy decreases slightly, political freedoms increase slightly

[Mikitivity]

Here is a summary of the proposed impacts:

[Antrium]

I like it.
Being too young to vote, I don't know (2008), but I've heard there is quite a bit of waiting time at the polls, and I always like daily issues that are realistic.

Haven't seen any daily issue ideas in a while, it's nice to see one

[Mikitivity]

Thanks!

I made a list of ideas for issues while at a conference this week. While the speakers were good, I tend to "listen ahead" when they start repeating themselves (which actually is a good thing) ... hence I doodled out issues and corporations for Mikitivity, such as Hauptmann's violins.

And yes, depending upon where you vote, the wait can be long.

In California, you can *work* as a poll worker when you are in high school.

[Grosseschnauzer]

Maybe this ought ot be a different dail issue, but one real life option that's becoming more opulr is the use of early voting (either by mail or in person) for a period of several weeks prior to the electionms. Oe state, Oregon, had gone completely to advance mail voting, and some of the other states get a larger proportion of casted voters through the earluy voting process.

[Gnejs]

I hope you have better luck with this than I had with mine, never heard a word from the mods...

[Mikitivity]

They've added a few new issues in the past few months. I suspect that the mods realized that people want to see more *new* options pop up, so chances are pretty good.

I read in the NS Issues forum that they have now just finished issues submitted in 2006. When did you submit yours?

And yeah, the mail-in voting is actually a pretty good idea. I could add an "early vote" option, but I consider that to be similar in impacts to the mail-in ballots (except that the mail-in option will hopefully generate some wonky game text).

[Gnejs]

Quote: I read in the NS Issues forum that they have now just finished issues submitted in 2006. When did you submit yours?[/quote]

Really? I submited mine in december if I'm not mistaken.. Maybe they have considered it

[Mikitivity]

There is still a chance!

[Gnejs]

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