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bettyellen

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

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #29)

Wed May 3, 2017, 06:41 PM

May 2017

Yet there are thousands of new comers in the last thirty years who haven't the slightest clue or interest. What was horrible is that I registered hundreds of people way back- and these fuckers destroyed the local copies. Not just the ones I witnessed, but loads of other volunteers too. We still won the more important elections, but the PTB has gotten their choice for mayor in every single time for the last 30 years. If our mayor gets reelected it will break that streak. She was promoted from head of city council after they carted another mayors ass off to jail.

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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