Thursday, November 8, 2012

Celebrity skipping voting line


                On Tuesday, there was an extremely long line at the polling site in Roswell. People have complained about long lines and insufficient polling spaces and machines. However, the celebrity Usher was able to skip the voting line and take pictures of himself voting, which he later posted on his Twitter account. Sharon Mitchell, the Fulton elections Interim Director, confirmed that Usher Raymond IV had made arrangements for his voting in advance. However, the crowd was still infuriated that a celebrity was able to cut everyone in line while they were standing there for hours to vote. Taking pictures in the voting area are not allowed unless with the poll manager's permission.
                Liz Hausmann, North Fulton County Commissioner, said that the only few people that deserve such treatment are people with disabilities, the elderly and voters with small children. I don't think Usher falls into any of those, but he was still able to skip the line to vote. I don't think this is that big of a news, but I still think that Usher should have waited with everyone else in line. If Usher really wanted to show to the people that he voted like every other American, I think he should've shown himself waiting in line like everybody else also. I feel as if he voted just for the sake of showing off to everybody that he voted. If he really cared about his vote, would it have mattered if he wasn't able to take the photo? Honestly, I don't even think that his vote counts if he voted in Georgia. I'm not too certain about the facts, but I'm pretty sure that your vote really doesn't matter if you vote in GA. So was it necessary for him to cut everybody in line to take pictures of himself voting so he could post it on his Twitter? I don't think so at least.

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