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julia dream's avatar

JVL, when I talked to our local Clerk's Office recruiter, she said that we need *100 more* workers of ALL Party affiliations. EVERYONE! Call your local Clerk! Ask! Lots of training online -- at least in Michigan. Look, this is supposed to be a *participatory* "democracy"? NOT JUST "a vote." We talk the talk? We walk the walk. I'm about to turn 64! LET'S ROLL!

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Maryah Haidery's avatar

Thanks to all the inspiring people on this thread! IтАЩve singed up before but wasnтАЩt sure IтАЩd be able to this year but IтАЩm starting to reconsider. Thanks!

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julia dream's avatar

As Viktor Laszlo says to Rick in CASABLANCA: "Welcome back to the fight ..." Thank YOU!

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Ellen Hinchee's avatar

I have started serving as a poll worker too. Note there are tasks throughout the process, at least in my state, that require a poll worker from two different parties to observe and/or verify. How easy (or not) it will be to always have a good mix of poll workers will vary from place to place. But I can guarantee that spending time as a poll worker will disabuse any reasonable person of the notion that elections can be rigged or stolen. So if you have people in your life who need this lesson, encourage them to volunteer.

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SandyG's avatar

Excellent suggestion.

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julia dream's avatar

THANK YOU!

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Denis M.'s avatar

I signed up kind of out of curiosity. I wanted to see how easy (or difficult) it would be to steal or rig an election (spoiler alert: it would be really difficult and would require hundreds of people to act in concert). I didn't anticipate how rewarding it would be.

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julia dream's avatar

I have heard the *very same thing* ! A long, hard day's work and Heroic, capital-H. THANK YOU!

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Denis M.'s avatar

Handing out the тАЬI VotedтАЭ stickers at the end is fun :)

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