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[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

So, I don't have much to say on this other than to mention this and to see the reaction of people here.

I don't have a link or the exact specifics, but, I have on what I consider to be good authority the fact that:

There is an electoral district in/near Buffalo, NY (I don't know the exact spot, but the person who told me this, is in my view, a trustworthy person) where the polling place is a police station.

This seems kinda like voter intimidation and I consider it to be inappropriate to have a voting place to be at a police station. I'm sure there was a school or church nearby that could have sufficed. What do you think?

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[mijopo.livejournal.com]

That's also true of officials who happen to work at churches and schools.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

But do those officials usually patrol the streets with guns and tazers and mace and the authority to use them?

I mean, you do get that people who have been victims of police brutality might not want to go to a police station to vote, right?

[mijopo.livejournal.com]

Yes, and people who have been victims of priest abuse might not want to go to a church to vote and people who have had mean teachers may not want to go to a school to vote. Come on, enders, don't just wave your hands, formulate an argument.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

The problem is more systemic and serious with police than with teachers or priests.

The police are more involved in violent interactions with the populace, more often and in greater force, than either teachers or priests.

The level of intensity for bad teaches and bad cops are generally different because of the amount of power that teachers vs cops have.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

No it's not. People who are influential in religious-political movements regularly advocate terrorism and violence against sexual minorities and claim that God supports bullying of same with none of the (in several cases more than justified) criticism that cops get.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

I thought it was fairly self-evident. Sorry for not flushing it out. I'm surprised it's not obvious to all.

[allhatnocattle.livejournal.com]

no, I'm trying to understand your point, but i don't get it. I would think police station provides greater security for democracy then most alternatives