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In reply to the discussion: Yes PA law WONT go IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I remember about 10 years ago I worked the polls up in the NE section of Philly, an area that had a large Russian immigrant population.
We had voter ballots in Russian to give to those legal voters who needed help. The Republicans hired a few translators who spoke Russian and said they were to assist voters in the voting booth.
Really?
You're not allowed to take anyone into a voting booth with you other than perhaps a small child or infant. Republicans were hoping if they sent translators into the booths with these voters whose english was not good that the translators would help them pull the levers for republicans.
The first time we were able to stop it and we called the problem into HQ.
Next time it happened (with a new translator, I think a new one was sent ever 30 minutes after the last one was chased away) there were 2 lawyers on hand to make sure it didn't happen, one who spoke Russian.
The fact that the ballots were in Russian and confirmed by both parties as accurate was enough for those voters needed helping in the voting booth.
Pennsylvania goes democrat when we know the voters can vote without someone fucking with them or their votes.