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Voting privacy?

Postby Pastor Gary » November 4th, 2008, 10:06 am

Watching TV coverage of the big election,. I keep seeing places where ballots/voting machines are practically out in the open, where a person's vote could be potentially viewed by others.

We have curtained enclosures here.
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Where you vote, can you mark your ballot in total privacy?
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Postby Ilovebigcats » November 4th, 2008, 10:10 am

I was out in the open but no one was behind me. Someone could have seen me if they were deliberately trying to but I would have seen them.
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Postby Crystal » November 4th, 2008, 10:15 am

I could have gone behind a curtain but chose to sit at a table.
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Postby cndlou » November 4th, 2008, 10:34 am

Ours is out in the open but it is away from all other people... It is just you, God and your beliefs...
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Postby soulsearcher » November 4th, 2008, 10:38 am

No curtain, but total privacy.
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Postby crispfin » November 4th, 2008, 10:46 am

No curtain, but blinders on the side and anyone could see if someone was talking to you or coming up to you.
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Postby rough_rider » November 4th, 2008, 11:00 am

No curtains... My wife and I discussed issues while voting side by side. There were a couple of issues up for vote that she was not sure of and ask me about.
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Postby Sherry » November 4th, 2008, 11:22 am

No drapes, but each had blinders completely enclosing the computer. Unless you stood behind me and looked over my shoulder you could not see the screen.
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Postby Paully_44 » November 4th, 2008, 11:39 am

Mail in ballot. I have all the privacy I want. I havent been to an actual voting location since the 90's. But even then, there were no curtains.
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Postby Poimen » November 4th, 2008, 11:41 am

Having posting problems. Getting error messages. Sorry for the double post. :oops:
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Postby Poimen » November 4th, 2008, 11:42 am

Wide open fellowship hall (at the Twillytown COGOP 8) ) with round tables and NO barricades or curtains of any kind here.
It was sort of an "honor system" I guess. *shrugs*
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Postby INLOVE » November 4th, 2008, 12:26 pm

Ours are seperated by dividers. However if you didn't want to wait, then you could just sit at a table out in the open. However, the guy next to me voted for McCain :lol:
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Postby Pastor Gary » November 4th, 2008, 12:28 pm

Poimen wrote:Wide open fellowship hall (at the Twillytown COGOP 8) ) with round tables and NO barricades or curtains of any kind here.
It was sort of an "honor system" I guess. *shrugs*

The T-town COGOP is an official polling place? Nice.

In Hawaii it is almost always public school cafeterias. I don't know of any churches being used at all.
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Postby rjc » November 4th, 2008, 12:45 pm

We have the blinders and they seem to work well. A large number of our polling places are in churches, we also use schools. I went about 2 PM and there was no line at all but they did say there was a very long lime when they first opened and are expecting and even longer one about 5 PM.
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Re: Nice

Postby Poimen » November 4th, 2008, 12:56 pm

Pastor Gary wrote:The T-town COGOP is an official polling place? Nice.


I thought you guys might like that. :)
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