Small Election Rant
Nov. 2nd, 2004 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This is not really directed at either side; frankly I'm not sure who's responsible for it.
But even if you are expecting people to know the neighborhood, even if the nearby university is providing bus service from campus for those who are perhaps most likely not to...
If you are going to put a polling place on a teeny-tiny street that doesn't intersect with any of the major ones in the area, I do not think it would be too much to ask to GET THE DIRECTIONS ON THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE RIGHT. It is not in the corner of Street 1 and Street 2. It is in that vicinity, yes, but there is the little point that Street 1 and Street 2 do not intersect!
Now, I actually did the early voting thing, and I do know where it is now, and it is a good idea to locate one's polling place ahead of time if planning to vote on election day, but still. I know of another (slightly less) local error in Mapquest, but the County Board of Elections ought to be able to get it right.
But even if you are expecting people to know the neighborhood, even if the nearby university is providing bus service from campus for those who are perhaps most likely not to...
If you are going to put a polling place on a teeny-tiny street that doesn't intersect with any of the major ones in the area, I do not think it would be too much to ask to GET THE DIRECTIONS ON THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE RIGHT. It is not in the corner of Street 1 and Street 2. It is in that vicinity, yes, but there is the little point that Street 1 and Street 2 do not intersect!
Now, I actually did the early voting thing, and I do know where it is now, and it is a good idea to locate one's polling place ahead of time if planning to vote on election day, but still. I know of another (slightly less) local error in Mapquest, but the County Board of Elections ought to be able to get it right.