Election time here in NZ, just voted last weekend. Where I live we literally have two venues where we can vote within 500 metres of my house. No queues to vote at all, was such an easy process. Why is it made so difficult for Americans to vote? Is it just a lack of voting places?
well, you've kinda got to look at it this way, Massachusetts has nearly twice the population of NZ, we have the same voting experience you have.
Now imagine 50 New Zealands, all voting in the same election but each with different voting rules depending on who's in power and you have some idea of how it can get out of hand. Some people will be voting for President, senators, congressmen, governors, state reps, mayors, councilors, state and city treasurers, the list goes on and on, even who is in charge of garbage pick up gets on the ballot in our city, then there's the propositions, If you can get enough signatures, you van get anything on the ballot, so there's also series of mini referendums to answer as well.
All this has to be joined up at the local, state, and federal level. That makes the whole thing prone to political road blocks.
The republicans tend to be more fond of throwing up these road blocks as they know their demographic is shrinking and winning clean is not an option in a lot of places.
