During the 2020 election, Joseph Enriquez took the most drastic measure most Central Ohioans can imagine. He tried to vote on a Saturday afternoon at the Board of Elections on Morse Road, during an Ohio State football game, hoping that his fellow Ohioans’ love of the Buckeyes would shorten the lines.
While Enriquez’s plan did not get him to the short lines that he hoped for, his plan speaks to Ohio voters’ commitment to exercising their right to vote. But should Ohio voters have to wait in hour-long lines to cast their votes?
As the primary elections fade into the background, we have only a few short months until once again we are swept up in the day-to-day slog of debates, advertising, and general political combat.
It may be useful, therefore, to look back on an issue with the 2020 election so we can seek solutions before November comes on us all too quickly. This issue is one that affects us all, though some more than others – the problem of long voting lines.
