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["U. Jason Gloege Jr." <ujgloege AT gmail.com>]

In my experience [what I heard the polling lady say, what I saw today,
and things I've heard coworkers say] very few people had IDs checked,
and that few folks had their Voter Reg. cards, either.  Apparently
they have to have you state your name and address, and then you're
given the form to sign and get your ballot.  Strikes me as insecure in
the extreme, but that seems to be the way it is.  Hell, if I knew
someone's name and county, I could get their address.

oy.


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:30:10 -0500, Tony Spencer <tony AT tonyspencer.com> wrote:
> 0 minute wait this morning at the Cameron Village Fire Department in
> Raleigh.  My ultra cool boss let me go at 10:30 to avoid the crowds.
> 
> I asked why they didn't check my ID and she said it wasn't necessary for me.
> Perhaps because I brought in my voter registration card.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diana Duncan [mailto:dianaduncan AT contentdb.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 11:06 AM
> > To: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> > Subject: [internetworkers] Voting experiences
> >
> > Well, I just had an excellent voting experience -- at my
> > polling place,
> > it usually takes me about one minute to vote, due to pretty low
> > turnout.  Today, it took 20 minutes!  There were lots of
> > people there,
> > and the poll workers did some smart things to move the line
> > along (the
> > guy manning the optical scan machine handed out markers for people to
> > mark their ballots in other areas, which relieved the
> > bottleneck of the
> > 10 carrels).  I only saw one voter look at the line and
> > decide to come
> > back later.  Everyone seemed cheerful.  Whatever the outcome, I think
> > this election has been good for our democracy.
> >
> > Diana
> >
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