Only four of us processed 300+ voters between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
What we didn't count on: in NJ, only disabled voters were allowed to use the voting machines, which we set up. All registered voters were mailed ballots and instructions how to mail back or put in the various municipal drop boxes. Not every voter (obviously) voted that way. About 95% of voters came in and filled out provisional ballots, thinking they could vote by machine. We ended up first identifying the voters as registered. Then we gave a quick tutorial of explaining the list of candidates and how to effectively make choices and the other side with the ballot questions. Some of them took 30+ minutes to finish. Now here's where I believe we were most important: the ballots had to go inside envelopes before they were sealed and put in a special bag. There were 11 items on the envelope (e.g., name, address, are you over 18, a citizen of the U.S., etc.). Not only did I go over each item, explaining what some items were, but I had each voter bring back his/her envelope for me to review as quality control. Why: Because if even one box wasn't "checked" or information not given (e.g., municipality), the ballot would be immediately discarded and the ballot not processed. IOW, we made sure that each ballot would be processed by taking the time to check each one's envelope. It was time consuming.
I worked from 5:15 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday with two bathroom breaks and a five minute lunch. We were so busy that none of us took the hour lunch we were entitled to take. It had to be the busiest Election Day I ever worked.
The only voter we turned away was a woman who insisted on voting despite the facts that she wasn't in The Book and she admitted that she wasn't registered to vote. Her rationale: the sign outside said that nobody would be refused the right to vote. And yes, she came in at one minute before Closing Time and she was shouting and getting hysterical.
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