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[BWdem4life]

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[dutch777]

1. Anything that doesn't start with a T works for me!

[ColinC]

2. Yeah i was feeling like there would be a large number of republicans who would essentially not not votd

[iemanja]

3. Why are you opening ballots?

And why are you disclosing them? Surely that violates whatever oath you took.

[BWdem4life]

4. Not really

I'm opening ballots so they can be counted. I have no idea who wrote in the candidate, nor what party they claim if any. I also saw some write-ins for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Santa Claus, and "Any Sane Person."

This type of anecdotal evidence violates no election laws.

[Retrograde]

9. I'm not so sure about that

I realize that election procedures vary from location to location, but I'm leery of your statement that "it violates no election laws". I think it shows a lack of maturity, and worse, may open your county and maybe even state to a legal challenge if Donnie loses there. At best, it opens the process to accusations of sloppy handling of election materials. Remember-the GOP will jump on any perceived irregularity to claim fraud/voter intimidation/election interference.

After the results for your location have been certified feel free to regale us with election tales. Before that, I recommend keeping your observations to yourself.

[BWdem4life]

11. I also noticed people didn't fill in bubbles correctly

Got coffee all over their ballots, and forgot to tear off the stubs.



Oh, sorry..

[former9thward]

13. Your comments do violate election laws and ethics.

You are just feeding evidence for the other size.

[BWdem4life]

16. List the laws

This should be good.

[PeaceWave]

17. Here in California, you'd be butting perilously close to violating your training as a poll worker...

https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/voting-california/help-strengthen-our-democracy/poll-worker-training-standards/section-two

Which reads as follows:

Voter Privacy

Poll workers should be trained to respect a voter’s privacy. Voter privacy is not only a courtesy; it is a legal requirement. Training should emphasize the importance of voter confidentiality and clearly detail procedures for handling each ballot to ensure each voter’s privacy is protected. (§ 2300(a)(4), California Constitution, art. II, § 7)

[BWdem4life]

20. And since the voter's privacy has been maintained

(nobody can possibly know who voted what way)...

next

[iemanja]

19. Here

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/452.97

[BWdem4life]

21. Yes, the ballot is secret

Nobody can possibly know how any particular voter has filled out their ballot.

Next

[former9thward]

25. Sure, name your exact location.

Election rules are local.

[Mister Ed]

5. I think those voters are doing exactly what they mean to.

I think they must be lifelong Republicans who will not vote for the traitor, the felon, the rapist that their party has nominated, but can't quite bring themselves to vote for a Democrat.

Or maybe some of them are wives who want to be able to honestly tell their domineering MAGA husbands, "Yes dear, of course I voted for Republicans only".

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

6. Are you from a swing state?

[BWdem4life]

7. Unfortunately not

But... we can always hope! I do have a feeling we're gonna see a lot more defections this time around on the R side than D, but only time will tell.

[MiniMe]

8. Musk wasn't born in the US

So a vote for hi wouldn't count

[obnoxiousdrunk]

10. Did the

counting begin ?

[BWdem4life]

12. In some states. nt

[PeaceWave]

14. OP, what you're doing, relating such info to us is seriously uncool.

[BWdem4life]

15. Sorry

There's an x you can press for that. Guess what, people are writing in all kinds of stuff in protest, just like they do every election. This is really not bombshell top secret atuff. Do a quick Google search and you'll find a story or two speculating on what traditional Republican voters might be doing this time around. Sorry to have offended your sensibilities with my post. I can assure you it's not gonna be a regular thing, but don't ask me to self-delete because I am not letting turkeys get me down.

[iemanja]

18. It's one thing to speculate about what Republicans might do

but you're an election official. The poster is right. It's not cool, not because we don't want to read it but because ballots are according to the constitution secret.

[BWdem4life]

22. And they still are

I have divulged no personal information, nor do I even know who wrote what on any ballots (not that I would even try to find out).

[Music Man]

23. The reactions to this thread should maybe cause you to consider that you might be in the wrong.

I don't think this is as charming as you might think.

[BWdem4life]

24. It charms me

YMMV