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8. Probably varies by locality, I would think.

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 11:07 AM

Sep 2020

My hometown had been closing down schools on election day to use them as polling places long before school shootings became the fad they are today.

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Voting while God is watching - does having churches as polling stations sway the ballot? [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2020 OP

No gratuitous Sep 2020 #1

Probably varies by locality, I would think. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2020 #8

We're forced to vote in a Church and I think it's vulgar. Greybnk48 Sep 2020 #3

Agree. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2020 #9

My polling station is a church actually... SKKY Sep 2020 #4

Speaking from experience...no brooklynite Sep 2020 #10

this was a real problem with the marriage amendments dsc Sep 2020 #11

The 1st time I voted melm00se Sep 2020 #12

I've voted at churches a bunch of times. It never swayed me. Iggo Sep 2020 #13

I had to vote rownesheck Sep 2020 #14