On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 08:40:04 -0400, Amy Guskin    
   wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:55:43 -0400, Duggy wrote   
   >(in article    
   ><890ce648-efad-403e-aaee-58d93b6d32aa@u25g2000pra.googlegroups.com>):   
   >   
   >> On Nov 4, 9:04 am, Amy Guskin  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 12:43:16 -0400, Charlie E. wrote   
   >>>> You always get strange looks when there are two of you trying to   
   >>>> squeeze into a little space... <<   
   >>> I seriously do not understand this.   
   >>    
   >> This is the second of 3 "reasons" given for it.  I suspect the real   
   >> reason has something to do with vote rigging. <<   
   >   
   >But the thing is, in most precincts, you get the same people working the    
   >polls year after year.  And in most cases, these people are your neighbors.     
   >They live in the same precinct as you.  So in most cases where the voter    
   >needs assistance, the voter is known to the poll workers, their disability is    
   >known to them (or is obvious), and the person helping them vote (and going    
   >into the tiny space with them) is someone they see helping that same voter    
   >every year, and thus is *also* known to the poll workers.   
   >   
   >Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but for our handful of voters    
   >who need assistance, we do in fact see them every year, and see the same    
   >helpers bringing them in to vote.  So we'd never give them strange looks.     
   >There's just nothing strange about it.   
   >   
   >And even if the poll workers are brand new and *don't* know you, and don't    
   >see you every year, and even if the voter's disability is not obvious, it's    
   >just a given that the process is going to require that some voters need help    
   >for reasons beyond their control.  Heck, there are whole sections about the    
   >requirement for assistance in every single poll worker training manual in the    
   >country.  So it shouldn't strike *any* poll worker as suspicious, or odd, or    
   >something to stare at.   
   >   
   >Which is why I have to conclude that the people in Charlie's precinct aren't    
   >very nice.  (Or he's paranoid and imagining it!  ;-) )   
   >   
   >Amy   
   What! Me? Paranoid????   
   I KNOW that they are out to get me... ;-)   
   Charlie   
   (well, actually, it is my wife's paranoia, since she can't actually   
   see what they are doing!)   
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