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onetexan

(13,913 posts) Wed May 3, 2017, 01:25 PM May 2017

Need advice on working election polls [View all]

Hello DU'ers,
Municipal elections (county commissioners, school board and city council positions) are going on at our locality this weekend. The county elections polling workers coordinator knew i'm bilingual so she called me to ask if i'd be willing to be on call for emergency work in the case one of their assigned workers drop out. Given i feel a bit guilty about turning her down the last time she called several months ago and the fact i don't really have anything pressing this Saturday i said yes (so my conscience will stop bothering me). That and the fact I am also very curious as to how workers can "cheat", and if there are any gaps in the system/process i can identify.

Anyhoo, need advice on what to watch out for, when best to take a break, etc. as she's told me the hours will be long - 6am to 6pm, possibly extending to 8pm depending on turnout.

Thank you and hoping our local Democratic candidates will kick butt!!
One Texan

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Need advice on working election polls [View all] onetexan May 2017 OP

Wish I could help, elleng May 2017 #1

Review the process used to move voters along. Blue_true May 2017 #2

"Know who the republican poll watchers are" - how can i know this info discreetly onetexan May 2017 #6

Been doing it for years, but in suburban NY... TreasonousBastard May 2017 #3

"structural problems, like any difference in treatment of women or minorities" - GREAT ADVICE onetexan May 2017 #7

I'm a Precinct Chair in Tarrant County since 2008 MagickMuffin May 2017 #4

"experience the underbelly of the voters in our communities" - exactly why i'm doing this onetexan May 2017 #5

Do you ever participate in any of the TCDP events? MagickMuffin May 2017 #8

YES! Went to Beto's meet&greet, onetexan May 2017 #9

I was also at the Come Together Fight Back rally MagickMuffin May 2017 #14

i hear ya, neither do i have the time onetexan May 2017 #17

My youngest daughter is working this weekend as the head election judge Gothmog May 2017 #10

thank you Gothmog onetexan May 2017 #13

The most common trick I saw was poll workers "not finding"registrations for younger voters.... bettyellen May 2017 #11

Thank you Bettyellen - wow - onetexan May 2017 #12

My town is in law school textbooks for voter fraud- when people died they added them bettyellen May 2017 #15

OMG that's insane!! onetexan May 2017 #18

Check your PMs. bettyellen May 2017 #20

In Tarrant County the poll books are listed alphbetically MagickMuffin May 2017 #16

I know that they used to give the books out the day before the election - and the poll workers bettyellen May 2017 #19

WOW, talk about corruption MagickMuffin May 2017 #21

There was a huge amount of mob influence wanting development projects pushed bettyellen May 2017 #22

My county has online look up of registrations Gothmog May 2017 #23

We still have the old guard running that shit for the most part. bettyellen May 2017 #25

I am on good terms with my county's election law administrator Gothmog May 2017 #29

It's tricky shit here, the powers that be really do scare a lot of locals... bettyellen May 2017 #30

Two things to watch out for Gothmog May 2017 #24

Thanks Gothmog, good to know there is a voting machine specifically for disabled people onetexan May 2017 #26

Thanks for the heads up about finalizeing ballots. Ours are optical scanners and do not require that Jim Beard May 2017 #28

I wish my county had your problems. We do not have county chairs in 27 Counties Jim Beard May 2017 #27

Thank you for the link, this is very useful onetexan May 2017 #31

For grins, I sat in the election judge training that my daughter had to attend Gothmog May 2017 #32