"It's time to end the Texas two-step — the music is over," the Houston Democrat said. "Is it necessary to the democratic process, or to the candidates themselves, for these people to have to come back later in the evening after they have voted? If we are not careful, we work to disenfranchise them. For people who have to work or who have children, they cannot afford to stay. What do you say to them?" The Democratic Party says sorry, but that's the cost of getting people involved in participatory democracy — with an emphasis on participation. Full Article at Houston Chronicle