Paco Hope on Nostr: #Primary #elections are a surprise to some voters. They come in, they see a single ...

#Primary #elections are a surprise to some voters. They come in, they see a single party on the ballot and they’re like “what the heck is this!?” It’s not an election. It is one political party choosing who will be their candidate in November. Sometimes people don’t want to vote after they see the ballot. You don’t have to vote, but I have to account for Every. Single. Ballot.

If I check you in, hand you a ballot, and then you don’t want to vote, you make my paperwork harder. We’ve already had one of those today (out of only 22 voters). So now, when someone comes to the check in table, we show them the sample ballot before we check them in. “This is what’s on the ballot. It’s a Democratic Party primary. Do you want to vote?”

This is just me helping them and helping myself. I would prefer for them decide not to vote BEFORE I check them in, rather than after.

Virginia primaries are a little different from other states. I’ll talk about that next.
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