Ask anyone who has worked the polls in Ohio for six presidential cycles. The line at 7 a.m. is mostly retirees and the line at 6 p.m. is whoever could get off work. The people missing are always the same: young parents, hourly workers, renters who just moved. It's not that they don't care. They're tired and the system makes it their problem. If voting were mandatory, employers would have to give people time, because 'I have to vote, it's the law' is a sentence no boss can argue with. I have watched too many elections decided by who had a flexible schedule.
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