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I'm a barrel of laughs this week
Oct. 23rd, 2008 05:07 pmI went to pollworker training yesterday. Talked to a woman who was shocked, Shocked, that voters can show us an expired driver's license for their voter ID. As long as it didn't expire before November 7, 2006, it's good for voting purposes, if not for tooling around on the roads.
Her: I run a business! It shouldn't be allowed, especially with all the problems this county has with voting!
Me: (not sure what running a business has to do w/ expired driver's licenses) Name one instance of intentional voter fraud in this county. It's not like they're driving on the license, it's just for voter ID. I mean, if it's an Indiana or federally issued photo ID, and it looks like them, and the signature's the same, then common sense says that's them, even if their license is expired.
Her: (looking at me like I just smeared poo on her lime green polyester pantsuit)... I see.
At least it got her to stop talking to me. And I feel sorry for any poor soul that happens to be in her precinct. There are a lot of people like her in the county, unfortunately-- they've been whipped into a frenzy by everyone from the Secretary of State on down to think that anyone who can vote in this county is guilty of voter fraud.
This afternoon I saw a German Shepherd walking stiffly across the street. He was thin and his muzzle was gray and he was sniffing the ground trying to find anything interesting. I flagged down a police car who happened to be driving by and the big guy wagged his tail and jumped right in the back. I feel awful. He was probably let go by someone who can't afford to feed him anymore and I don't want to bet on his chances in this town's animal control. In another world I would've asked the cop to hold onto him while I jumped into my car and brought him home, but maybe there's a one in a million chance that someone's looking for their dog. I really hope so.
Her: I run a business! It shouldn't be allowed, especially with all the problems this county has with voting!
Me: (not sure what running a business has to do w/ expired driver's licenses) Name one instance of intentional voter fraud in this county. It's not like they're driving on the license, it's just for voter ID. I mean, if it's an Indiana or federally issued photo ID, and it looks like them, and the signature's the same, then common sense says that's them, even if their license is expired.
Her: (looking at me like I just smeared poo on her lime green polyester pantsuit)... I see.
At least it got her to stop talking to me. And I feel sorry for any poor soul that happens to be in her precinct. There are a lot of people like her in the county, unfortunately-- they've been whipped into a frenzy by everyone from the Secretary of State on down to think that anyone who can vote in this county is guilty of voter fraud.
This afternoon I saw a German Shepherd walking stiffly across the street. He was thin and his muzzle was gray and he was sniffing the ground trying to find anything interesting. I flagged down a police car who happened to be driving by and the big guy wagged his tail and jumped right in the back. I feel awful. He was probably let go by someone who can't afford to feed him anymore and I don't want to bet on his chances in this town's animal control. In another world I would've asked the cop to hold onto him while I jumped into my car and brought him home, but maybe there's a one in a million chance that someone's looking for their dog. I really hope so.
