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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNJ to use military trucks as polling places
MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) New Jersey will deploy military trucks to serve as polling places on Election Day in storm-battered communities, the state secretary of the state announced Thursday during a visit to this flood-ravaged town. The state is also extending the deadline on mail-in ballots.
Department of Defense trucks will be parked at regular polling places that have lost power, as long as the sites are still accessible. Paper ballots will be used.
Department of Defense trucks will be parked at regular polling places that have lost power, as long as the sites are still accessible. Paper ballots will be used.
This is good news. Hopefully the same kind of thing can be done in the battered coastal areas of NY and CT.
http://news.yahoo.com/nj-military-trucks-polling-places-215549869.html
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NJ to use military trucks as polling places (Original Post)
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
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Yup. One hopes that states and municipalities all over the country will take note.
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. "Paper ballots will be used"
Even the biggest, ugliest cloud has a small silver lining, looks like.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)5. Yup. One hopes that states and municipalities all over the country will take note.
Ancient technology has many advantages.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)2. Good to hear. nt
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. It's ingenious. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
It'll work, too. The people who have to count those ballots will have to work a bit harder, but that's the way it goes.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)6. Yup. I was really glad to see this.
We tend not to worry about NJ, NY, and CT in the presidential elections, but if people can't vote... it doesn't bear thinking about.
barnabas63
(1,214 posts)4. Excellent!
Glad to hear this!