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44. It is exhausting!

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 12:27 PM

Mar 2020

Don't know if I could do it now. We moved to Oregon where we vote by mail 100%. All states should be ramping up to do that in November.

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Kansas City mayor turned away at polling location on Election Day, says it's time for more tech-savv [View all] pstokely Mar 2020 OP

This may be our next pandemic. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #1

Time for younger people to apply for those voting place jobs, eh? MineralMan Mar 2020 #4

Yeah--that bothered me! Lulu KC Mar 2020 #25

Most of them are working leftieNanner Mar 2020 #27

Yes. I've worked at polling places in the past. MineralMan Mar 2020 #29

In a small Precinct True Blue American Mar 2020 #56

It is an exhausting day. Must be there from the time the polls open until they close. No half-days SharonAnn Mar 2020 #43

It is exhausting! leftieNanner Mar 2020 #44

I really felt for the BOE True Blue American Mar 2020 #55

Ageism Still A Thing On DU I See. -NT- jayfish Mar 2020 #5

That's ok. I'm old. I laughed! tavernier Mar 2020 #15

There are almost no people still alive who voted for Calvin Coolidge. MineralMan Mar 2020 #33

Really? tavernier Mar 2020 #45

LOL! MineralMan Mar 2020 #47

I do not remember Calvin Coolidge True Blue American Mar 2020 #74

I live in a small backward town where with each CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #21

I've seen fairly young poll workers fumble to work the check-in tech The Genealogist Mar 2020 #7

But you've never seen CaptYossarian fumble to work the check-in tech. ret5hd Mar 2020 #14

Id guess he or she has never done it. The Genealogist Mar 2020 #16

Hey, I've mastered my toaster. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #22

I just got a new toaster The Genealogist Mar 2020 #24

Lol. It's trial and error. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #31

There was a thread here a few days ago about a dishwasher they operated True Blue American Mar 2020 #75

Mine works by phone too. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #77

LOL True Blue American Mar 2020 #78

I did buy a new flat top stove a few years ago. True Blue American Mar 2020 #79

Please read my post #21. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #23

We really need the tide-pod challengers to run polling stations. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #19

They do--from St. Petersburg Russia. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #32

At least 117, maybe not, FDR maybe. rickyhall Mar 2020 #40

Or,... jayfish Mar 2020 #2

How about mail-in our drop-off ballots? liberalmuse Mar 2020 #3

Not in MO Rebl2 Mar 2020 #13

I was once blocked from turning in a cell phone and shutting off the account for that reason. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #6

Not to say this, but you sound like Cenk. True Blue American Mar 2020 #38

Hey, politically I'm not. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #64

Did they call the Supervisor?:) True Blue American Mar 2020 #66

Yes at my request - and she turned off the account and apologized. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #67

Right way to go! True Blue American Mar 2020 #68

It was actually the end of a process that took a couple of months and a dozen in-person visits. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #70

They should have called a Supervisor True Blue American Mar 2020 #72

He knows the whole city got moved to Kansas, right? tanyev Mar 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Botany Mar 2020 #9

MO actually doesn't have party registration pstokely Mar 2020 #11

True The Genealogist Mar 2020 #18

Precincts True Blue American Mar 2020 #34

Election worker had his name reversed?!?!?!? Bengus81 Mar 2020 #10

Do not blame the worker True Blue American Mar 2020 #35

Yet the guy has voted in the same place for 11 years? Bengus81 Mar 2020 #41

All it takes True Blue American Mar 2020 #61

Unclear if they misparsed it Igel Mar 2020 #65

Why didn't they read the required photo I'd? Hangingon Mar 2020 #71

they do not pay poll workers much PuppyBismark Mar 2020 #12

here are some figures to back that up Maeve Mar 2020 #17

Have you served? True Blue American Mar 2020 #36

Since 2008 Maeve Mar 2020 #42

Glad to hear that. True Blue American Mar 2020 #48

Youth in the Booth has been a great idea Maeve Mar 2020 #49

Those girls said they learned a great deal from me True Blue American Mar 2020 #51

Some people do actually get paid days off SoCalNative Mar 2020 #39

Different areas True Blue American Mar 2020 #62

It's more likely POOR TRAINING than age-related. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #20

Mostly it is poor machines. True Blue American Mar 2020 #37

Democracy needs old ladies! HardLineDem Mar 2020 #26

The long, hard day True Blue American Mar 2020 #30

Most Poll workers True Blue American Mar 2020 #28

Have they been explicitly only bringing on elderly folks, or are those the only people interested Sapient Donkey Mar 2020 #46

I did this all through college, and even after I started working (I'd take a day off). LisaM Mar 2020 #50

I did see how hard the BOE True Blue American Mar 2020 #53

Back when I was in school the idea never crossed my mind Sapient Donkey Mar 2020 #58

Here the Schools gave credit True Blue American Mar 2020 #63

Most younger people True Blue American Mar 2020 #52

I can see that. Seem like just another reason to seriously consider making voting day a holiday. Sapient Donkey Mar 2020 #59

They could cancel one of the useless Holidays. True Blue American Mar 2020 #60

Paper ballots. Vote by mail 100% fierywoman Mar 2020 #54

Yost is now telling people to vote mail in. True Blue American Mar 2020 #57

I've been a poll worker. Igel Mar 2020 #69

The old books are gone True Blue American Mar 2020 #73

Quinton? They turned away Quinton? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #76