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Pollworkers make strange decisions that are often not their fault
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Feb 24, 2008 07:42am |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Sunday, February 24, 2008 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When things go awry at the voting booth, as they have several times in this hectic primary season, much of the blame often falls on ill-trained poll workers who are paid a pittance.
And there have been some head-scratching moments: While folks in Washington were waiting hours to vote under record turnout Feb. 12, poll workers hid electronic voting machines because they didn't like the touch-screen devices. On Super Tuesday in Chicago, poll workers passed out pens meant for e-voting machines. When those instruments made no mark on paper ballots, election workers said they were full of invisible ink — an explanation that was upheld by onsite precinct judges.
While some of these snafus defy logic, many can be pinned on poor training, experts say.
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