Election officials want voters to take their time

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-20/11308745453730.xml&storylist=cleveland

11/1/2005, 2:41 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — The state is advising election officials to give voters plenty of time to make choices in voting booths next Tuesday because of the complexity of five proposed constitutional amendments.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has discouraged enforcement of an Ohio elections law that sets a 5-minute limit for voters to complete ballots when polling places are busy and people are waiting in line, spokesman Carlo LoParo said.

Counties are taking extra steps to help voters get familiar with the lengthy amendments before they enter the booths. Some are publishing the issues and planning to have postings and handouts available at voting locations.

"We're not going to enforce a time limit by any means," said Michael Vu, director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections...

[shoelace414]

1. however, we will enforce the weight of paper law.

[Algorem]

2. gotta be some kind of dirty trick

[Kolesar]

3. So the college kids can be stuck there until 11pm again

Like last year.

[Algorem]

5. the Bush collaborator preachers will probably have sermons about how

important it is to say a 1/2 hour prayer in the voting booth or something.

[cmd]

4. Another untimely ruling by Blackwell

Our poll workers training sessions ended on October 20. We were told that we would enforce the five minute rule if we had voters waiting.

[Glenmar]

7. My poll worker training was on October 18th

We were told the same thing.

[pro_blue_guy]

6. Shouldn't be a problem out in the stix.

Where I live (BFE) I could take the newspaper in and read it all the way through and there would be no one there waiting to vote behind me. My precinct (my entire township) has less than 1,000 residents (and not all vote or are of voting age).

I can remember for the August special elections this past year, I went in to vote at about 12:30 pm and I was the 9th (yes, ninth) voter for the entire day.

LOL

[mtnester]

8. But you were literally STANDING over people rushing them out

last November fuckhead Blackwell.

People at the precincts I was watching had damn STOPWATCHES fer gawds sake.

And, do not forget MANY counties in Ohio that never before had touch screen voting will have them this time. If you want to see a Diebold Demo, Try this:

http://www.diebold.com/dieboldes/OnLine_Demo/screen1.html
Lines will be LOONNGG!