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Topic	Now THIS is clever; using ADA noncompliance to suppress minority voters
s0nicfan 08/23/18 5:47:01 PM #12:	Balrog0 posted... These are the positive additions that have been made But Rokey W. Suleman II, the director of elections in Richland County, S.C., said the DOJs program to enforce the ADA has had positive consequences in his county... But Suleman said that reaching a settlement took years, but the work was initiated under the Obama administration. Suleman said that DOJ attorneys also visited his polling locations in Richland County, and he felt the effort had positive outcomes in his county. But Tucker said he sees the ADA enforcement actions being used to suppress Native voters. So, how does this help your point or rebut mine, @s0nicfan? I'm not sure. If fixing these things takes literal years, then it will ALWAYS interfere with either a primary, midterm, or general election. If that's the case, I'd rather they be dealing with it now during midterms than during a general when more people actually bother to go out and vote. I don't know how close the race is in those states, but if it's one of those areas where one candidate is polling at like 80+% then this could be a big nothing. The bigger issue, and the one that more likely supports your argument here, is that the guy claims ADA noncompliance but there wasn't any sort of official government public report made, so it's more likely that he just looked and said "no ramp, not compliant". But again... is this in a district where it even matters? But like I said... no suppression is good. I just don't see how you'd ever get a polling site to be ADA compliant (which they should be) without getting in the way of something given the timelines you're highlighting. EDIT: Also, unless I'm severely mis-reading your second post, it sounds like the Trump administration actually went out of their way to find an ADA compliant solution whereas this guy isn't. In that light, it makes the Trump DOJ look good and this particular local government body look bad. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:907427135] in Now THIS i... [t:76930680]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote>These are the positive additions that have been made But Rokey W. Suleman II, the director of elections in Richland County, S.C., said the DOJs program to enforce the ADA has had positive consequences in his county... But Suleman said that reaching a settlement took years, but the work was initiated under the Obama administration. Suleman said that DOJ attorneys also visited his polling locations in Richland County, and he felt the effort had positive outcomes in his county. But Tucker said he sees the ADA enforcement actions being used to suppress Native voters. So, how does this help your point or rebut mine, @s0nicfan?</quote> I'm not sure. If fixing these things takes literal years, then it will ALWAYS interfere with either a primary, midterm, or general election. If that's the case, I'd rather they be dealing with it now during midterms than during a general when more people actually bother to go out and vote. I don't know how close the race is in those states, but if it's one of those areas where one candidate is polling at like 80+% then this could be a big nothing. The bigger issue, and the one that more likely supports your argument here, is that the guy claims ADA noncompliance but there wasn't any sort of official government public report made, so it's more likely that he just looked and said "no ramp, not compliant". But again... is this in a district where it even matters? But like I said... no suppression is good. I just don't see how you'd ever get a polling site to be ADA compliant (which they should be) without getting in the way of something given the timelines you're highlighting. EDIT: Also, unless I'm severely mis-reading your second post, it sounds like the Trump administration actually went out of their way to find an ADA compliant solution whereas this guy isn't. In that light, it makes the Trump DOJ look good and this particular local government body look bad. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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