What you are willfully ignoring is this:
None of these extraordinary measures would be required if GOP election officials simply did right by their citizens. Name me one legitimate reason for closing polling stations in specific, targeted locations. If it's to save costs, why is there not an equitable closing of stations ALL OVER THE STATE? Why is it that counties outside Alabama's 'Black Belt' have suffered no such hardships? Why are certain citizens required to jump through new and ever-tightening hoops, while others can vote just like they Granddaddies did?
You see, all of this extra talk about how easy it is to re-register or vote by mail is obfuscation. Subterfuge. More camouflage to obscure the truth: voting is becoming harder for certain American citizens while others are being spared the hardships.
And guess who those burdened citizens are? Yup. Same ones as always.
And guess when all this started back up? Yup... right after the supremes rescinded portions of the Voting Rights Act which placed rogue states under supervision for unfair practices. And where is all this happening? Yup- the very states who forced the VRA in the first place. Some of those states already had legislation drafted and waiting for the ruling to come down. 3 of those states acted withing 8 hours of the ruling. They couldn't wait to roll back voting to 1963.
And by the way: pointing out unfair/inconsistent practices isn't crying. It's being an American. The din you hear? It will never cease, it will never subside. So long as villains attempt to subvert democracy, there will be people like me with bull horns, pointing it out. I marched as a little kid, and these old feet still work. I'll march again. Because I am an American citizen with a spine, a healthy soul, and a moral compass.
your mileage obviously varies.
If they are going to close polling locations, they should do so equally, using the same criteria across all districts to determine a needed or un-needed polling location.
But without knowing the number of voters who turn out at each location, along with the number of people to staff those locations and any additional costs/fees (lease, rent, equipment cost, etc) to run them, it is difficult to claim they did so for nefarious reasons, even though it may appear that way.
None of us on the outside can make a factual theory.
I also feel there should be some sort of system to help voters with transportation issues get to the polls, whether that be public or some sort of charitable system to accomplish such a task.
