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In response to "I grew up in one of the counties that opens at noon and while it's not urban, it's certainly not rural either." by ty97

Oh, I agree. I'm all for making it easier for people to vote. I was just unsure if those counties have a history of not going to vote early in

Posted by Krusty Andromedon (aka Krustylu) Apr 19 '16, 05:42

the morning so to save money and not have volunteers sitting around doing nothing they open later.
I was just guessing but if there's nothing like that then there's no reason to not have the polls open the same time across the whole state.

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I'm assuming the law (which has been around since 1976) has longer hours in the populated counties simply because they are so populated - ty97 Apr 19, 05:46 6
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  - I guess commuting from an upstate farm is now out of the question. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:51 3
    - There are people in my childhood county who commute to NYC - ty97 Apr 19, 06:14 2
      - Poughkeepsie? I can see it being close enough but is that farm country? -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 06:20 1
        
        Parts of the county are rural, parts are not. It's built up a lot. - ty97 Apr 19, 06:22
- That would make sense though it's NY and politics so that would be surprising. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:49

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