And in terms of working polls, people usually do that because they are interested elections being run well. I felt sorry for those two women who worked the Georgia election and getting attacked. I've had days where we were counting ballots until midnight after starting at 5:00 am. No fun. And as you know, they don't get paid very much.
And in terms of working polls, people usually do that because they are interested elections being run well. I felt sorry for those two women who worked the Georgia election and getting attacked. I've had days where we were counting ballots until midnight after starting at 5:00 am. No fun. And as you know, they don't get paid very much.
I was horrified by the unjustified accusations made toward election workers in 2020 and the harassment that followed. The indecency of such fanciful accusations still galls me, as does the Republican partyтАЩs permissive attitude toward such pernicious fantasizing, and ultimate lack of solidarity with Republican election workers who knew better. If party discipline wonтАЩt shut down such fantasizing, what is party discipline for?
The very first election I worked, an elderly election judge began throwing paper away as soon as polls closed, while we were still processing absentee ballots. She accidentally threw some absentee ballots away before they were counted. (ThereтАЩs a reason the rulebook delays disposal of ancillary cards and papers until after absentee ballots are tallied тАФ this.) I was willing to stay past midnight to find and count them, but the number of missing ballots was well below the margin of victory for any result at that polling place, and I was outvoted.
And in terms of working polls, people usually do that because they are interested elections being run well. I felt sorry for those two women who worked the Georgia election and getting attacked. I've had days where we were counting ballots until midnight after starting at 5:00 am. No fun. And as you know, they don't get paid very much.
I was horrified by the unjustified accusations made toward election workers in 2020 and the harassment that followed. The indecency of such fanciful accusations still galls me, as does the Republican partyтАЩs permissive attitude toward such pernicious fantasizing, and ultimate lack of solidarity with Republican election workers who knew better. If party discipline wonтАЩt shut down such fantasizing, what is party discipline for?
The very first election I worked, an elderly election judge began throwing paper away as soon as polls closed, while we were still processing absentee ballots. She accidentally threw some absentee ballots away before they were counted. (ThereтАЩs a reason the rulebook delays disposal of ancillary cards and papers until after absentee ballots are tallied тАФ this.) I was willing to stay past midnight to find and count them, but the number of missing ballots was well below the margin of victory for any result at that polling place, and I was outvoted.