Ya Gotta Bring the Voting Card
Today, when we went to the polls, they had snazzy tablets. The Board of Elections temporary employee asked me for my card. I told her that I didn’t have it and she was miffed.
She pretended I handed her a card and showed me how she would scan it on the tablet.
I told her that I didn’t know they were going to have fancy gadgets this time because for ten years I have been voting at the same booth and there hasn’t been fancy gadgets. She told me to bring it next time.
This huge scarecrow was in the Senior Center – very cute!
The man typed in my name as two other employees at the table watched him use the one table. Why does the Board of Elections have so many people sitting there sharing one tablet?
Then he asked me to confirm my Date of Birth on the screen. Ewwwww – now I have to be reminded how old I am when I am voting. We never did that before.
Finally, I got the ballot and went to vote against Jumaane Williams.
My techie friends loved the new tablet check-in and they felt like it would help with voter fraud. I didn’t think it was that great.
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Hugs,
marlene
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