A strange thing at the polls tonight for me.

flavio

flavio

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My assigned voting place today turned out to be in someones garage. It was a very nice house and there was a nice old red vintage sportscar parked behind the new touch-screen voting stations. I had never voted in this type of scenario before.

Anyway, there were 3 women at a table checking addresses and handing out voting cards to stick into the touch-screen stations. There was also an older guy walking around incase anyone needed help working their station.

So while I'm working through my ballot the guy volunteer/worker starts badmouthing the Democratic candidate for Governor. It doesn't seem like he's really directing this rant at anyone in particular but he goes on for a bit. "I don't know why anyone would vote for Davis...blah blah blah", "He's responsible for this and that blah blah blah".

So, I finish my ballot and I'm considering confronting the guy about whether he should really be voicing his own personal political convictions while working the polls. But, there were a fair amount of people packed into this garage and it would have caused a little scene. Normally I don't really mind causing a scene but at the moment I really wasn't in the right frame of mind for it.

I sat in my car for a few minutes feeling bad for not speaking my mind and considered going back in to say something before finally driving off. I convinced myself to that I should find out what the rules are and if he broke them I will report that voting location.

Anyone have any insight on how this works?
 
I know there is no campaigning within 50 feet or so of the entrance to any polls, but I don't know if that would qualify or not. Me thinks it's just bad taste, not against the rules, per se.
 
Methinks you should've reported that loudmouth to the district head. He should've been escorted off the premesis the first time he uttered a candidates name. Any candidates name. His rant could be taken as influencing voters, ie campaigning.
 
Gato is right. You can still report it & next time he won't be involved. There was a similar complaint in CT(?), union workers were "assisting" voters. I gotta wonder the same thing, how the hell did Davis get re-elected after the power debacle but that is not to be spoken by an election official near the ballot booth.
 
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