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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Oct 22 2004
November Election Training Day 2004
Today I did my training for being an election officer on November 2. There seems to be something new each voting period, and a lot of recent changes have come from efforts to comply with the Help America Vote Act. For instance, new attachment pieces have been constructed so that they can be added to the legs of standard voting booths in order to make them wider and more accessible to disabled voters.
California allows a registered voter to register as a Permanent Absentee Voter, and our trainer told us today that there have been a record number of requests for this registration this election period. It's a really flexible way to vote, because you can get your ballot in the mail, vote at leisure, and return your ballot by mail or drop it off at a polling place on Election Day.
Along with the federal requirements, there are voting laws that vary greatly from state to state. I hadn't realized that a handful of states still do require bars to close on Election Day, including Utah, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. In California, electioneering is banned within 100 feet of a polling place, but some states protect a much larger area. Wyoming and Iowa mandate 300 feet and Louisiana demands a whopping 600-foot buffer.
posted at: 15:52 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
Today I did my training for being an election officer on November 2. There seems to be something new each voting period, and a lot of recent changes have come from efforts to comply with the Help America Vote Act. For instance, new attachment pieces have been constructed so that they can be added to the legs of standard voting booths in order to make them wider and more accessible to disabled voters.
California allows a registered voter to register as a Permanent Absentee Voter, and our trainer told us today that there have been a record number of requests for this registration this election period. It's a really flexible way to vote, because you can get your ballot in the mail, vote at leisure, and return your ballot by mail or drop it off at a polling place on Election Day.
Along with the federal requirements, there are voting laws that vary greatly from state to state. I hadn't realized that a handful of states still do require bars to close on Election Day, including Utah, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. In California, electioneering is banned within 100 feet of a polling place, but some states protect a much larger area. Wyoming and Iowa mandate 300 feet and Louisiana demands a whopping 600-foot buffer.
posted at: 15:52 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
