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lostnfound

(16,191 posts)
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 04:50 PM Oct 2016

Early voting in North Carolina - not enough poll workers

So one neighborhood polling place for early voting had an hour long line this afternoon that kept getting longer. Inside you discover there was plenty of empty machines, but not near enough workers checking people in.

Another McCrory suppression tactic?

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Early voting in North Carolina - not enough poll workers (Original Post) lostnfound Oct 2016 OP
I live in a fairly populous western nc county wncHillsupport Oct 2016 #1
That's set on a county level- so look and see Lee-Lee Oct 2016 #2
They put plenty of machines and workers in some areas while they shortchange others. blm Oct 2016 #3

wncHillsupport

(112 posts)
1. I live in a fairly populous western nc county
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 05:03 PM
Oct 2016

and most sites have little or no wait. It depends on the population density of the poll area. It also depends more on volunteers for the site than on some crazy gov interference in this case. Just speculating, like you, re the cause.
Time of day matters too. But with the opening of additional polling places a few days ago, I think we should be in good shape. Just have to outvote the other side!
In my area, local libraries have less or no waits vs busy school sites.

blm

(113,094 posts)
3. They put plenty of machines and workers in some areas while they shortchange others.
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 05:44 PM
Oct 2016

I definitely see that as a way to accommodate the voters they want to vote and discourage others.

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