Posted on 11/05/2012 1:40:25 PM PST by dgcoronado
I'm voting in San Diego county, and my polling place is inside the local high school teachers' lounge. I thought this was weird at first, but now seems completely ludicrous. Prop 30 in California is for a major tax increase to fund schools. Why are they sending us to a school to place our vote? Every other year, it was in a neighbor's garage... Seems strange to me.
I seriously doubt the Machiavellian aspect of it. But does anyone else think the school may have offered to use its facilities as a polling place to either dissuade people from voting, or to pressure them to vote for the increase?
Georgia regularly uses schools as polling stations. Long lines of people will fit in the gym during inclimate weather.
And cost could play a role.
12284. Upon request of the elections official, state-owned buildings, parking lots, and other facilities shall be made available free of charge for use as polling places, except that the Department of General Services may exclude from use as polling places state facilities at which access to confidential materials cannot be reasonably safeguarded, which are inaccessible to the public, the use of which would disrupt state business, or which are otherwise impractical for use as polling places.
In the town where I grew up, the polling place was always at our little fire department with another precinct at the school a few miles away. The next town over from me votes at the fire department too.
My little town has two precincts for the township and they’re less than 100 yards apart.
I’ve lived in 6 states and schools have alwasy served as polling places in every state I’ve lived in.
I vote in the same school I was in during elementary (1973-79)
Our county has always used all the schools. This year our polling place is a Fire station and we also have one at our church.
The polling place in which I work is in a church basement, with a ground level entry. At the door there is a painting of a larger than life Jesus reaching out to small children. I’m shocked that no liberal has raised a stink about that to the board of elections.
I’ve only ever voted in a school... usually the cafeteria. Must be different state to state
Stop looking for conspiracies and vote your wallet and your conscience, bearing in mind the $500 million that LA voters approved a few years ago to build a single high school in LA County.
Buildings don’t educate people, teachers do and a teacher can teach in an abandoned bus stop if that’s what is available.
Our polling place in our current town is at a school - always has been, at this address. But at all my previous addresses, we voted at the local firehouse. For most elections, I’m fine with it either way. But it does strike me as wrong whenever we’re voting on the school budget - that should should be on neutral territory, IMHO.
Ive voted in two schools, two churches and a car dealership, as well as many garages, here in CA. I think when they have multiple precincts in a single voting location, they might need something a little larger than a garage.
When I was a kid growing up in Detroit, there Voting Booths in each neighborhood. They were like green garages.
I’ve always voted in a school gymnasium in all towns that I’ve ever lived in and voted in. I find it odd and question the ethics of voting in some individual citizen’s garage. Where I live, it is the Town Clerk and Board of Registrars who oversee the election and the polling places are Town-owned buildings such as a school or schools and or the Town Hall.
What about the separation of religion and state?
My polling place is at the local police department.
Beats me.
I guess it doesn’t apply to Muslims
No conspiracies... just posing a question and looking for thoughtful answers. It is how learning and conversation work.
I was in Australia years ago during elections and they had a table set up in the middle of a soccer pitch. I thought that was pretty strange and wondered why didn’t they set up at the school 2 blocks away. Go figure.
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