Singer Usher Raymond is under fire for being allowed to skip to the front of the voting line on Election Day this past Tuesday. Fulton County officials in Georgia allowed the superstar to skip due to him notifying them the week prior that he would be voting at a specific location that day.
Voting officials are defending their move to allow Usher to skip the voting line stating that it would cut down on distractions. Bystanders said that Usher was brought in via a back door at the voting location and pulled out his phone to take photographs of himself voting which is illegal which officials later stated that he could do because he was given permission. Other voters in the line suggested that Usher should have completed an absentee ballot if he wanted to skip the line.
I personally agree with the other citizens that voted at the same location. If Usher really wanted to feel like a citizen that day he would have stood in line like everyone else instead of resorting to special treatment. To be honest, he voted in a predominantly Caucasian area where most of the people in line probably would not have recognized him.
What are your thoughts? [Source]
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