Aug 19, 2008

Being A Poll Worker Now Sucks More Than Ever

The word just came down in Ohio. Poll workers can no longer have "sleepovers" with voting machines.
Poll workers will not be allowed to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election because the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk, the state elections chief said Tuesday.

Taking machines home makes it nearly impossible to keep track of what happens to a machine or memory card once it goes into the custody of a poll worker, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said.

What a party bummer. What's the point of being a poll worker if you can't take a voting machine home and tinker with it a bit? So much for the perks...

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