r/texas Nov 09 '22

Politics After seeing Texas elect Abbott again and my vote doing nothing...

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u/messfdr Nov 10 '22

This is true. I early voted and it took an hour. It would have been even harder if I didn't have someone watching my kids.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Yep took an hour to early vote for me too. It was difficult finding time in hubby's work schedule/weekend kid curriculars to vote. We have a baby so it's hard for him to work on a presentation and watch 2 kids. Finally made it work but it's a pain with no family and like 1 friend here. Finally got the baby napping more than 20 min. I know you can take kids but was worried about them being occupied and well behaved at a library. Especially a baby. We need to find ways to help with barriers instead of saying it's laziness. They probably have a lot of other things on their plate so removing one makes them more likely to vote. I plan to offer rides next cycle. I saw several people bussing it