On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 08:40:04 -0400, Amy Guskin 
wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:55:43 -0400, Duggy wrote
>(in article 
>):
>
>> On Nov 4, 9:04 am, Amy Guskin  wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 12:43:16 -0400, Charlie E. wrote
>>>> You always get strange looks when there are two of you trying to
>>>> squeeze into a little space... <<
>>> I seriously do not understand this.
>> 
>> This is the second of 3 "reasons" given for it.  I
suspect the real
>> reason has something to do with vote rigging. <<
>
>But the thing is, in most precincts, you get the same people working the 
>polls year after year.  And in most cases, these people are your neighbors.  
>They live in the same precinct as you.  So in most cases where the voter 
>needs assistance, the voter is known to the poll workers, their disability is 
>known to them (or is obvious), and the person helping them vote (and going 
>into the tiny space with them) is someone they see helping that same voter 
>every year, and thus is *also* known to the poll workers.
>
>Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but for our handful of voters 
>who need assistance, we do in fact see them every year, and see the same 
>helpers bringing them in to vote.  So we'd never give them strange looks.  
>There's just nothing strange about it.
>
>And even if the poll workers are brand new and *don't* know you, and don't 
>see you every year, and even if the voter's disability is not obvious, it's 
>just a given that the process is going to require that some voters need help 
>for reasons beyond their control.  Heck, there are whole sections about the 
>requirement for assistance in every single poll worker training manual in the 
>country.  So it shouldn't strike *any* poll worker as suspicious, or odd, or 
>something to stare at.
>
>Which is why I have to conclude that the people in Charlie's precinct aren't 
>very nice.  (Or he's paranoid and imagining it!  ;-) )
>
>Amy
What! Me? Paranoid????
I KNOW that they are out to get me... ;-)
Charlie
(well, actually, it is my wife's paranoia, since she can't actually
see what they are doing!)
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