Need advice on working election polls

[bettyellen]

15. My town is in law school textbooks for voter fraud- when people died they added them

To the phony voter list. When entire buildings were renovated they'd make sure all the old occupants stayed on the rolls. A certain member of the city councils cabal had the power of thousands of phony votes. For local elections it was enough to swing it. The FBI filmed groups of "paid campaign workers" going into 4-5 polling places one after the other. I believe that since they could not film inside they were never able to do anything about it.
The local poll workers (mostly older women) were part of the scam and would shout down any challenges. Teachers and policemen were pressured into making campaign calls from and during their work hours. Mailmen or building managers would throw mass mailings into the garbage. People believed that the powers that be would know how hey voted and kick them out of subsidized housing. Campaign workers would knock on their doors and only inform them who they were voting for the morning of. And they were afraid not to be seen running to the polls and voting as told.


Two of our mayors went to jail for corruption. They are slowly losing power. But yeah- it was ugly. Tampered machines, emergency closing of polling places, threats of arson toward campaign workers (me). And yet, I love it here. And have managed to make some great impacts on the community despite them.