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MineralMan

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33. There ya go!

Reply to Sogo (Reply #32)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:28 PM

Nov 2020

Vote! That's what's important.

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Many elections ago, I arrived at my polling place to vote. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2020 OP

That's a good way for a worker to get kicked off duty. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #1

A polling place worker! PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #2

K&R spanone Nov 2020 #3

"a car was parked, blocking the entrance to the parking lot that served that polling place" progree Nov 2020 #4

It was easy for me to insist that the car be moved. MineralMan Nov 2020 #5

Good advice! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #6

He was one of the poll workers. MineralMan Nov 2020 #8

K & R warmfeet Nov 2020 #7

Back in '12 my mom, who was wheelchair bound & 80, called about her local clerk making her come yaesu Nov 2020 #9

There are ignorant, officious people everywhere. MineralMan Nov 2020 #10

Couldn't agree more 👍 nt yaesu Nov 2020 #13

Absolutely! Good action that needed to be taken. nt Hortensis Nov 2020 #11

When your party's only chance to win is to cheat, scare or prevent citizens from voting... C Moon Nov 2020 #12

If you can find a Democratic observer, start there. Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #14

There were no observers at that polling place. MineralMan Nov 2020 #15

When there are Democratic observers, you should start there. Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #16

Whatever you say... MineralMan Nov 2020 #17

Then you, better than others, should understand the importance of using Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #20

There will not be party observers in most precinct polling places. MineralMan Nov 2020 #21

I did not suggest calling an election hotline. Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #24

.. MineralMan Nov 2020 #25

Please allow me to repeat your last paragraph, MM. calimary Nov 2020 #18

Good for you! 634-5789 Nov 2020 #19

Guess he thought he owned the place! Amazing how fast he moved when he realized other Illumination Nov 2020 #22

Most polling place workers are politically active people who MineralMan Nov 2020 #23

That's very interesting MineralMan! So what you're saying is you have some clout within the Illumination Nov 2020 #30

For the very first time in my adult live, I voted early, MineralMan Nov 2020 #31

Enjoyed early voting like you. Also voted around the same time as you. I try not to Illumination Nov 2020 #34

What happens when the 911 responders are the perpetrators Sogo Nov 2020 #26

I don't have an answer for that. MineralMan Nov 2020 #27

They weren't protesting, just going en masse and encouraging others to vote. Sogo Nov 2020 #28

I understand that they all did vote, in the end. MineralMan Nov 2020 #29

Pragmatism, yes, Sogo Nov 2020 #32

There ya go! MineralMan Nov 2020 #33

This is one of the reasons I am a poll worker Maeve Nov 2020 #35

Thank you for doing that important service. MineralMan Nov 2020 #36

K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #37