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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data — mentioned by prottog

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:36:34 GMT

Nobody has time to stand in line for hours to vote. Not even retired people would do that! > Someone working 3 jobs According to the BLS[0], less than 5% of working-aged people hold more than one job, and presumably a fraction of that have three jobs. Surely society shouldn't optimize for a small minority of the population. > doesn't have time to stand in line for hours Data on this isn't great, but one source I found[1] puts a cursory total average across all states in 2020 at around 15 minutes, with the worst average wait time being Indiana at 42.1 minutes. It's confirmed by a 2020 academic…

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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data — mentioned by thomascgalvin

Mon, 31 May 2021 17:15:37 GMT

> If you look at the laws of practically every developed country, there is no "tribalism." The laws may not be tribalistic, but their enforcement certainly is. Take, for example, drugs. This report from the U.S. Department of Justice[1] indicates that arrests for the selling of drugs disproportionately targets black people by 33%, and arrests for possession of drugs disproportionately targets black people by 26%. The same is true of voter suppression laws. For example, the closure of voting places in minority communities, which lead to people of color waiting, on average, 29% longer to vote…

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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data — mentioned by lehi

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:50:54 GMT

The study: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.00024.pdf Yes, they control for poverty.

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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data — HN submission

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:32:36 GMT

Racial disparities in voting wait times: evidence from smartphone data

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