Poll-Worker Crunch Among Election Challenges in Indy

[IndianaGreen]

Keep in mind that the most recent polls are showing that Democrats are on the verge of winning three GOP House seats tomorrow, now we have a new photo-ID law, and not enough poll workers. The fix is in!

Poll-Worker Crunch Among Election Challenges In Indy

INDIANAPOLIS -- On the afternoon before Tuesday's elections, about 20 polling-place jobs in Marion County were unfilled and 183 of the county's poll workers failed to pick up voting materials, raising concerns that some polls won't be open for a full 12 hours.

The county's Republicans are supposed to fill the jobs because their party holds the secretary of state post. Late Monday afternoon, Marion County Democrats said Republicans asked them to help fill precinct inspector positions -- a move that could ensure all polls will be open as scheduled, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 6News' Norman Cox reported.

Marion County Clerk Doris Anne Sadler, a Republican, said some longtime poll workers declined to work this time because they felt they couldn't deal with a new computerized voting system being introduced in the county.

"Some poll workers ... have come out and said, 'I'm sorry. I just can't do it,' " Sadler said. "So, we still have concerns about tomorrow morning -- that all our poll workers can get those machines up and running."

Before Democrats said they had been asked to help staff the polling places, county Democratic chairman Ed Treacy said he was concerned some locations wouldn't open on time, and he suspected that if there was a worker shortage, Republicans would make sure the understaffed spots would be in heavily Democratic areas.

http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/10259136/detail.html

[Robbien]

1. Do I understand this right, only GOPers can work the polls?

Only the party holding the SoS slot is allowed to man the polls? What kind of racket is that.

[IndianaGreen]

2. Why do you think Indiana has been red so long?

Democrats can have poll watchers, but the person that runs the polling place is from the party that controls the Sec of State.

[Robbien]

3. Do the Dems have a SoS candidate this time

and if so, how does the race look?

Also how is Chocola looking these days, poorly I hope.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Chocola is trailing in the polls and may go down in defeat tomorrow

John Pearson is the Dem candidate for SoS. He is hitting imcumbent Todd Rokkita on a $100,000 contract that was awarded to a personal friend of his.