My vote today
I wasn't compelled by election officials to use the electronic voting machine, but I was offered it's use. I declined. And I didn't spend time looking the machine over because someone was busy using it. There was one machine available here for the three town precincts that all vote in the civic center gymnasium. One is enough here for now since voting goes very efficiently and there's clearly order in the process.
It seemed like a high turnout, but they use the space in the gymnasium to set up tables -- mainly for those who register and vote on voting day, which is legal here and really increases voter participation. Minnesota has a very high voter participation rate generally. It didn't feel crowded though, and I was comfortable using a table that was empty instead of waiting for a carrel.
Too many Republican election workers and not enough Democratic workers in my district, as usual, but I have no complaints of how it went for me to vote today. Use the comments here to report on accessibility at your polling site.
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I vote in a senior center, so it's got pretty solid physical accessibility -- close placard parking spots, no steps, wide doorways, etc. We do ink voting, but I saw what I assume was one electronic booth--didn't get a chance to check it out, though.
The main barrier I noticed was just logistical confusion--in our dense neighborhood, there are several polling places in a ten-block radius, and they don't always assign our blocks to polling places consistently, year-to-year; I can definitely imagine people give up in frustration about that.
Fist question is: How do you know if a Election Worker is Republican, or Democrat?
I have voted electronic for the past two or three elections; this election here in Texas, and the prior two in Florida, and prior to FL back here in TX.
I like the electronic voting machines, and that is all that I saw available in my "early voting" place. Our polling places are located in our public librarys, schools, and rec centers, which are all very accessible.
Fist should read "First"...
How do you know if a Election Worker is Republican, or Democrat?
It's a small town. :)
When I was a precinct judge one year in North Carolina, we wore badges that identified which party we represented--they tried to have someone from each major party at each polling place, though that wasn't always possible. (The precinct judges work the polls all day, and together sign the official forms at the end, reporting that site's count.)
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