Voting machine in Louisiana allowed some voters to skip the line
Whose idea was this? And I wonder who got to skip the line? This is complete and utter bullshit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/louisiana-parish-vip-voters_us_5813705be4b064e1b4b1ef18?section=politics
Election officials in Louisiana seized a voting machine on Wednesday that was reserved for “VIP” voters who could skip voting lines.
Dennis DiMarco, the longtime Jefferson Parish registrar of voters, kept the machine in a conference room and allowed certain voters to use it, The Advocate reported. The setup was reportedly intended to benefit police officers, military members and firefighters ― whose time, DiMarco said, “for lack of a better term, is more valuable than others’.” He estimated that 20 people had used the machine since early voting began in the state on Oct. 25.
After receiving a complaint about the setup, Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler’s office seized the machine and a book listing the voters who’d used it, Meg Casper, a Schedler spokeswoman, told The Huffington Post. The voting arrangement was unprecedented and is being investigated, said Casper, who noted that the Department of Justice had also received a complaint.
“I feel this action is necessary to preserve the transparency and integrity of early voting and to promote confidence within the general public regarding the voting process,” Schedler wrote in a letter to DiMarco.
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