Sometimes you have to wonder whether in making voting as accessible for seniors as possible by having voting places in seniors residences you don't end up overrepresenting seniors compared to the rest of the eligible voting population, which is not getting voting booths set up in their workplaces.
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@sam @casseagull Not sure how it works in Canada, but part of the problem is here, at least with what I've seen in California, is that religions lobbied to get themselves exempted from the Americans with Disabilities Act. You read that right - those moral and holy people didn't want to have to make themselves accessible even at the low standard of ADA.
And at least in CA, a lot of polling places are on the grounds of churches. I assume because they're charging low rent or volunteering them? Anyway, it makes senior centers desirable as polling locations (I have never heard of one happening in a senior residence, but I suppose this could happen.)
So I could at least see if there's something similar going on in Canada, that because they're letting accessibility slide in so many places, they don't have enough accessible places to vote and might do senior residences not just because seniors live there, but because disabled people anywhere in that precinct need an accessible place to vote in person.
Do you only do in-person voting there or do you allow mail-in voting?
@casseagull Meanwhile, on college campuses…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/north-carolina-at-hbcu-student-voters
US lawmakers closed their on-campus voting sites. HBCU students marched miles to vote anyway