cradle of american democracy. only four states had longer average wait times than virginia in this past election. a survey by "new york times" found it took twice as long to cast a ballot in verge as in ohio, and ohio was really bad. after the election, the state legislature decided to take action. they decided to do something about how hard it was to vote in virginia in 2012. they decided they would make it even harder to vote going forward. virginia republicans in the house rejected a bill that would allow for more absentee voting, more early voting, so at least the senior citizens wouldn't have to stay there all day. republicans in the virginia senate voted to let that go indefinitely the way virginia voters get to wait in line indefinitely. instead of making it so the older folks don't have to wait too long, instead of setting a standard for how long anyone had to wait, virginia republicans