Yeah. A lot of misplaced anger. Not one person working the polls was remotely threatening... (Reply #31)

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Wed Aug 8, 2018, 01:34 PM

31. Yeah. A lot of misplaced anger. Not one person working the polls was remotely threatening...

or intimidating. Those voters brought the baggage in the door with them.

At the end of election days I always feel like I have done what I can to support Democracy outside of my own vote. It also leaves me sad.
Mixed bag.

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
Observations of an Ohio12 Poll Worker... [View all]	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	OP
Fuck Donald Trump and his traitor party	dalton99a	Aug 2018	#1
Thanks for doing that.	Crutchez_CuiBono	Aug 2018	#2
Taking the time to concentrate on some simple sweet things. :) Like a frosted brownie!	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#24
Guessing that swaggering creep thinks the rules should only be for brown people	The Genealogist	Aug 2018	#3
Thank you for your report.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2018	#4
As a former Poll Worker during the late Bush years	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#15
The spirit of the Vote is foremost. It is an incredible right. 👍🏼	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#25
Could a couple of generations of info-overload wipe out this ignorance?	Roland99	Aug 2018	#5
Sadly I don't think so	D_Master81	Aug 2018	#11
Yes, it is very difficult to stay calm and sweet-natured in the presence of such hostility.	vlyons	Aug 2018	#6
Thank -you for sharing the tweet. We all had the belligerent voter pegged the moment...	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#23
And you were nice and pleasant to him.	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#37
Thank you. I really appreciate your post.	LakeSuperiorView	Aug 2018	#29
I once had a Nurse	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#36
This is part of the problem: Voting percentage of registered precinct voters was 34%	CrispyQ	Aug 2018	#7
This hete is	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#18
I will never understand people who don't vote.	Lonestarblue	Aug 2018	#19
great report, thank you! regarding the beer belly bigoted bully:	GusBob	Aug 2018	#8
Thanks, GusBob :)	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#26
Nice post, thank you for your observations.	yonder	Aug 2018	#9
Thanks very much for the window into your precinct.	Hortensis	Aug 2018	#10
Yeah. A lot of misplaced anger. Not one person working the polls was remotely threatening...	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#31
We'll get through this. Remember, we elected Obama	Hortensis	Aug 2018	#35
It's pathetic that only 34% voted. Just pathetic.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2018	#12
Great post.	Duppers	Aug 2018	#13
Thank you for the post and for what you do.	mountain grammy	Aug 2018	#14
Vote or pay a penalty on taxes. Allow a "none of the above " choice but make people vote	Pepsidog	Aug 2018	#16
You are a great American (take that Sean Vanity)	bronxiteforever	Aug 2018	#17
KR NT	ProudProgressiveNow	Aug 2018	#20
Almost hate to suggest it...	The Conductor	Aug 2018	#21
I had that said to	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#38
Typical Rightie Bluster...	The Conductor	Aug 2018	#39
I expect similar things next week. I voted absentee today to leave next Tuesday free.	LakeSuperiorView	Aug 2018	#22
We used those Electronic Poll Pads. Great improvement. Good luck next week! Thank-you :)	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#32
We have electronic pads, but still one book	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#40
And it's not like the 'please state your name' thing is new	Maeve	Aug 2018	#27
👍🏼 It is a step towards better things in November.	Guilded Lilly	Aug 2018	#33
Thanks for volunteering and doing your part to make sure voting runs smoothly and fairly.	Hoyt	Aug 2018	#28
If you call yourself a Democrat and	awesomerwb1	Aug 2018	#30
Thanks for the hard work you do.	usaf-vet	Aug 2018	#34
:)	True Blue American	Aug 2018	#41
I rarely read posts this long	titaniumsalute	Aug 2018	#42

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