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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Voting problems prompt retraining of poll workers
2013-08-15
[NEWS.CINCINNATI] Hundreds of Hamilton County poll workers will be retrained -- and 163 "retired" -- as a result of voting problems in the 2012 election.

That includes 94 workers at 16 precincts that will be completely restaffed because of a high number of errors. The others failed to vote themselves and/or performed poorly on Election Day.

Those 163 poll workers represent about 5.6 percent of poll workers -- the most ever who aren't being asked back.
I confess there may be things about being a poll worker that I don't understand. I've never done the job (though I was a poll watcher in the 2010 election). I'm sure there are things about the job that aren't apparent to the public.

But how much mental capacity does one need as long as one is honest...
Posted by:Fred

#7  Sorry, Pappy - you're right. (Probably shouldn't be commenting from work.)
Posted by: Barbara   2013-08-15 20:10  

#6  The pink salmon in-line is Steve White's.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-08-15 16:25  

#5  "But how much mental capacity does one need as long as one is honest..."

There's your problem right there, Fred. :-(
Posted by: Barbara   2013-08-15 15:22  

#4  Any that require retraining were caught in such aggregious voter fraud episodes that they should be on trial. This is just a way to train them to not get caught (legally or by cameras) next time.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-08-15 14:58  

#3  That includes 94 workers at 16 precincts that will be completely restaffed because of a high number of errors.

I'm quite proud of my neighbors in the next county. I haven't yet been able to find voter turnout by precinct, but I suspect that the ones whose entire staffs were just summarily fired were a bit odd in that way.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-08-15 09:07  

#2  They obviously need Pocket CACA.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-08-15 02:17  

#1  This is part of the public trust- if a poll worker is incompetent time to say adios. enough said, but of course Ranters have other opinions.
Posted by: Captain Dark Lord of the Faeries8536   2013-08-15 00:46  

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