>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:31:24 -0400, Charlie E. wrote
(in article ):
> 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... ;-)  <<
Just because they *are* actually out to get you doesn't mean you're not 
paranoid!  Or something like that...  :-D
Amy
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