The rules are very strict for MD EJs. No cell phones, must be one rep of each main party on the election team, must be able to lift heavy weights, etc. Several hours of pre-election training, and on election day the hours are long 6AM - 10 PM - or later. We have to reconcile every ballot box vote by hand, with signtures for each machine by R and D party reps. Despite all this, a R won. We really do need to do a better job screening potential voters. ;)
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have this friend, an old black guy who is 81 and has been agitating > longer than I have been alive. A year or two ago he was all upset about > this subject, basically saying it was to disenfranchise blacks. I asked > him how many people he thought would not be allowed to vote without an ID > (which anyone can get for free from the DMV or somewhere, somehow). He > said a lot of old black folks were born at home, never had a birth cert, > couldn't get an official ID, etc. I asked him how many he knew like that, > he didn't know any but was sure there were some. So I asked how they could > get social security, medicare, and other bennies without some kind of ID, > he didn't really have an answer but was still sure there were some who > would not be able to vote since they didn't have an official ID and > couldn't get one. I pointed out they could go get one, and he said it > would be hard for them to do that, get a ride, etc. So I asked how they > got to the grocery, doctor, etc. some family probably took them. Well he > said they might be able to but the issue was how it looked, that it was > like the poll taxes and tests and stuff, which a lot of black folks around > here still remember. So it really wasn't the practical issue of having an > ID, it was how it was perceived. I get that, but that doesn't keep anyone > from voting or being disenfranchised (except the illegals who shouldn't be > voting anyway). > > 3 yr ago I was in the (long) line to vote, next to this black guy who > turns out is married to this (white) woman I know. He was watching a lot > of elderly black folks coming in, the (black) poll worker (there was a > white woman and white guy too) was taking them to the booth and telling > them how to vote for Obama. This guy I am next to was getting really upset > and finally went over to the black woman poll worker and engaged in a > fairly heated conversation with her about it, that she had business going > to the booth with anyone, and especially telling the old black people how > to vote. I'm sure they wanted to vote for Obama anyway, so not like she > was changing anything, but it was improper. Turns out he really detested > Obama and had some very harsh things to say about him (had I said them I > would be a racist), which was quite interesting. > > On the same aspect, another woman I know fairly well, who also knows the > wife of this black guy who got upset, was a (Dem) poll observer. She comes > into the place after this happens, we get to chatting, I told her quietly > that this guy was really upset about that, and she kinda shrugged it off, > well they need help blahblah no big deal. I'm sure if the situation had > been reversed she would have had a fit, but since it is SC here, the dem > votes don't really matter much anyway. I did not let on to him what she > was doing there ( he did not know her), he probably would have gone off on > her, the wife then would have gone off on her at some point later on. > > Fun times! > > --R > > On 1/17/16 12:54 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> Not personally but I can get what they're after - suppressing minority >> voting in order to keep Rs in power. Whatever it takes. >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
