I never wrote about my voting experience at my local polling place this past November. I've been going to the same place for the past decade. The majority of the poll workers were the same people I get to see when it's time to cast my federal, state and local ballot. This time there were a lot of new faces. I took no issue with that knowing full well they were probably expecting a huge influx of people at the polls since this was a critical election for many people. However, what I took issue with and left me completely dumbfounded was this...
When I went to hand my ballot over to a new poll person, she was supposed to run it through a machine that verifies all of my bubbles were filled out completely. Instead, she said, "Thank you" and then dropped it in a cardboard box underneath the table. I said, "What are you doing, aren't you supposed to use the machine?" She said, "Oh no, the machine jammed when I arrived and we can't use it." I then proceeded to ask, "Why didn't you insert my ballot into the LOCKED ballot box?" She told me it was full. Can you BELIEVE THAT!?!? I'm 39 years old and have been voting since I turned 18 years old. This has NEVER happened to me. I was so DISTURBED by this voting experience! I knew something fishy was happening and NOBODY was doing anything about it. Basically, for those of you who still don't get it, MY VOTE DID NOT GET COUNTED. It was thrown in a cardboard box to very likely be taken to the trunk of someone's car and thrown away or shredded later. Another thing that disturbed me was the pollster not asking to verify my name with an I.D. card. I have always been asked for my I.D. This was the very first time nobody at the polling place asked for my I.D.
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