>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:31:24 -0400, Charlie E. wrote   
   (in article ):   
   > 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... ;-)  <<   
   Just because they *are* actually out to get you doesn't mean you're not    
   paranoid!  Or something like that...  :-D   
   Amy   
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