2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Report from my precinct in New York City [View all]zentrum
(9,865 posts)But also, the ballot did indicate who was who.
Not sure what was the problem earlier voters had about this.
But in the room itself, there was definitely a sense of semi-chaos. The poll workers were harried by not having enough personnel. Several voters were asking for affidavits. Poll workers had to keep running away to get them, leaving us all waiting. Plus they also had to get new ballots for folks who'd messed up the first one. Plus seal up the voided ballot and put it in an (away) special box. Then give all the materials to folks waiting. They seemed quite stressed. Why wasn't there more help for them?
Older people kept over marking. That is, making X's where you're supposed to just fill in a little circle. A big graphic of how to do it might have helped them more than the dense writing on the instruction page. These folks would then need to go get a new ballot. I saw really old people, staggering on walkers, still showing up to vote.
More cops present than poll workers, which I've never seen before.
But at least we have both a paper trail and the computer scan.
When I left I put my Bernie sticker on and I've been meeting Bernie voters all day. Have met only one Hillary voter for this entire primary season.
Happy Day. Thanx for your help, WT.