How to Make Voting Easy, Efficient and Fair
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(Corrects date of Kenyon voting lines in first paragraph ofstory published July 17.)
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- In his State of the Union address inFebruary, President Barack Obama introduced Desiline Victor,who, at 102 years old, had waited in line three hours to vote inNorth Miami, Florida. The president lauded Victor’s commitmentto democracy, but he left out a key fact about her hardship:Compared to some voters, she hadn’t stood in line all that long.In 2004, for example, students at Ohio’s Kenyon College waitedas long as 10 hours to vote, with some casting ballots at 4 a.m.