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Florida poll workers a no show (Original Post) musicman65 Mar 2020 OP
time to do mail in ballots as a national standard. AllaN01Bear Mar 2020 #1
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #9
Well the problem with that is corruption in certain states. rockfordfile Mar 2020 #20
My polling place was just fine. William769 Mar 2020 #2
Where? n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #3
Ohio canceled the election. So this will doc03 Mar 2020 #4
Florida didn't cancel, but sounds like maybe some local polling places have poll workers not showing LisaL Mar 2020 #5
I've been saying this forever, but now I'm saying it again... moriah Mar 2020 #7
I thought a judge said "Nope" SoCalNative Mar 2020 #17
Judge said no, polls are still closed because of public health emergency. LisaL Mar 2020 #18
If low turnout Zeus69 Mar 2020 #6
Too much early and mailin vote is in for that to happen to a Blue_true Mar 2020 #13
Ohio was having this problem (before we cancelled) Maeve Mar 2020 #8
Absentee ballots which in OH can be not accepted for any little reason? LisaL Mar 2020 #10
I have had my ballot rejected just once in at least 20 elections Maeve Mar 2020 #15
They are checking ballots for signature matching. LisaL Mar 2020 #19
We had absentee ballots in Mich first time for all..no problems Iamaartist Mar 2020 #16
A lot of people take off work to be poll watchers, and don't get paid at all for it. moriah Mar 2020 #14
At my own polling station in TN . . . peggysue2 Mar 2020 #11
Michigan had absentee Ballots..early for all no problems... Iamaartist Mar 2020 #12
 

AllaN01Bear

(23,057 posts)
1. time to do mail in ballots as a national standard.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:40 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
9. Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:58 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

rockfordfile

(8,731 posts)
20. Well the problem with that is corruption in certain states.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 03:24 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

William769

(55,830 posts)
2. My polling place was just fine.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:41 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

doc03

(36,712 posts)
4. Ohio canceled the election. So this will
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:45 AM
Mar 2020

prolong the damn primaries.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LisaL

(46,608 posts)
5. Florida didn't cancel, but sounds like maybe some local polling places have poll workers not showing
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:50 AM
Mar 2020

But they are still having the election.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

moriah

(8,312 posts)
7. I've been saying this forever, but now I'm saying it again...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:54 AM
Mar 2020

... we NEED young people to be ready to be poll workers instead of just partisan poll watchers.

I know a lot of county election boards say that all their positions are filled by the time people check. Now is the time to put in your application if you are young and healthy, to if nothing else be a floater should someone call in sick.

As a young person I always was one of the "floating" workers for my county since I started working the polls in 2008, and I've never NOT been called up, even if it was 6:30 AM on Election Day -- and that's in normal years. The population that are the core workers and get priority because they live in the precinct are often frail already, or their family members are.

No one wants to take money from people who need to supplement their Social Security, and I get that. Hence why most people choose to be volunteer partisan poll watchers, especially in GEs.

But young people need to be ready to work these elections, and figure out a way to make them safe for the older electorate to vote.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
17. I thought a judge said "Nope"
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:06 AM
Mar 2020

to Ohio's cancellation?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LisaL

(46,608 posts)
18. Judge said no, polls are still closed because of public health emergency.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:07 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Zeus69

(459 posts)
6. If low turnout
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:53 AM
Mar 2020

This could skew the outcomes in weird ways.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. Too much early and mailin vote is in for that to happen to a
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:10 AM
Mar 2020

meaningful extent. It may change things around the edges, but not the trend - with one key exception - low turnout may help or hurt Sanders as far as viability is concerned, he could get some delegates, or none.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Maeve

(42,967 posts)
8. Ohio was having this problem (before we cancelled)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:56 AM
Mar 2020

Too many of the poll workers are retired and/or health compromised (hey, at $135 for a 15 hour day plus an up-to 4 hour training session, there aren't a huge number of takers).
Absentee ballots, people.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LisaL

(46,608 posts)
10. Absentee ballots which in OH can be not accepted for any little reason?
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:03 AM
Mar 2020

Signature doesn't match, wrong date, signed in the wrong place, didn't sign the envelop and such? Not exactly the greatest of solutions for that reason.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Maeve

(42,967 posts)
15. I have had my ballot rejected just once in at least 20 elections
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:24 AM
Mar 2020

And they promptly sent me another. (I forgot to sign it) Many similar cases are addressed and fixed before the election deadline. I can go on-line and find out when it is accepted--they even send me an e-mail to let me know. Or I can go and do in-person early voting.
Yes, there are problems that need to be addressed. As a paper ballot judge (mostly dealing with provisional ballots but also paper-by-choice), I have seen how bad people can be about following directions on filling out an envelope. In the cases I work with, the BOE goes to great pains to train us to help folks get it right.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LisaL

(46,608 posts)
19. They are checking ballots for signature matching.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:10 AM
Mar 2020

Matching to what? My signature doesn't match itself two times in the row. I know of people having issues of ballots being mailed but not arriving, and such.
I found in person voting much easier. There is really not much you can screw up on a machine.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
16. We had absentee ballots in Mich first time for all..no problems
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:25 AM
Mar 2020

If need a question how to do it ask the city clerk ..will help you....Michigan had no problems first time absentee voting for all..where we voted...simple...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

moriah

(8,312 posts)
14. A lot of people take off work to be poll watchers, and don't get paid at all for it.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:17 AM
Mar 2020

Most of them are far younger than the workers I supported when I've been the floater for my county.

Yes especially in busy precincts it is a grueling day, but it was nice in 2008 to walk out and hear the results, plus an entire day free of electioneering! By the time a GE rolls around, I am soooo sick of campaign commercials...

Admittedly I got started doing it because I was interested in the process and worked a Thursday-Sunday job, so had Tuesdays off already. But they were very happy to have a floater, and sure enough I got called up. Every year that I've been a floater in a primary or general on the day, I've been called up (this year my mom had surgery to set her wrist primary day so I didn't). Because of the already-frail nature of our core workers.

Some changes can't happen overnight, but one is that anyone who was planning on being a volunteer partisan poll watcher in November and has a primary coming up in their state register NOW to be a floating poll worker.

If states hold primary elections on schedule but with the changes a few places had proposed, it would still be far safer for elderly people to do drive-through ballots as some places have done with them being the people in the car/passengers, vs being the ones handling so many drivers licenses/ballots.

And if they don't, this could be worse by the time the primary election actually is held, and those workers may not be there for the rest of us.

Plus, even we get lucky on this and don't overwhelm ICU resources, I hate to say it... but enough of the people who worked the polls in primaries already held may not be here in November to work them to necessitate younger workers taking over this civic duty this year.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

peggysue2

(11,479 posts)
11. At my own polling station in TN . . .
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:04 AM
Mar 2020

I'd say the average age is around 70. So yeah, in this circumstance it's a real problem.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
12. Michigan had absentee Ballots..early for all no problems...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:06 AM
Mar 2020

Of course we have a Dem Governor now....that made sure...of mail in voting..no excuse for Ohio...this is only week after ours....we walked in our city clerk office and turned them in instead of mail .

we shouldn't have polling places any more...


GOP cons...my opinion

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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