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momta

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10. I keep meaning to make this an OP, but...

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 02:20 PM

Mar 13

I'm an election worker in Colorado. (This year we started calling ourselves "Poll Trolls".) And I'm convinced that our state should be a model for the country. But Colorado actually WANTS people to vote. I'm suspicious that that is not the case in states like Georgia and Texas. (My brother works the elections in Texas.)

We have vote-by-mail, but we also have election sites open for about a week and half up until election day. One of the first things we are told as election workers is, "Never tell anyone they can't vote. There's always a way." People can vote at any site in their county. Even if they're out of county they can vote a statewide ballot that excludes local issues. This happens a lot on election day when people can't get to their home county in time.

Almost everything is done in bipartisan teams. We can't even enter a vote center until we have a bipartisan team. Signature verification, spot audits, ballot sorting...everything is done with at least two members of opposite parties.

IMHO, every state should adopt this model. We get great voter participation, and our elections are safe and efficient.

On edit: I know other (blue) states have similar models. I think we've all learned from each other. I just wish the red states would actually ENCOURAGE people to vote.

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My takeaway from being a poll worker in Gwinnett County Georgia yesterday. Gwinnett is a large Minority Majority [View all] RamblingRose Mar 13 OP

Thank you for your service LetMyPeopleVote Mar 13 #1

every one shd do it at least once. mopinko Mar 13 #16

At the request of the local election administrator, I have been the election judge for the GOP primary once LetMyPeopleVote Mar 13 #19

i signed up to do it this time, but mopinko Mar 13 #20

Thanx for the info Cheezoholic Mar 13 #2

From crisis to opportunity BaronChocula Mar 13 #3

Locations are dependent on the facility hosting the election. LeftInTX Mar 13 #4

That's correct Deminpenn Mar 13 #9

One of my cousins lives in Duluth in that county BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #5

Keep telling your voters to check their registration status, polling place, and so on Wild blueberry Mar 13 #6

It helps to think of it as a giant newsroom. calimary Mar 13 #11

I vote absentee/mail in DownriverDem Mar 13 #7

In our county voters can go to the county election board website to check for the voting location. LiberalFighter Mar 13 #8

I keep meaning to make this an OP, but... momta Mar 13 #10

There are sooo many ways the Red States DENVERPOPS Mar 13 #12

Thank you for your very informative post. And your work. raccoon Mar 13 #13

Georgia is a good-old-boy state. The rules are different in GOB states. jaxexpat Mar 13 #14

Sounds like the RW have already started their shenanigans onetexan Mar 13 #15

Ours changes ForgedCrank Mar 13 #17

Thanks for your hard work. TNNurse Mar 13 #18

Is this some kind of trickery leading up to November & the municipal elections? progressoid Mar 13 #21