But if proper poll watchers like your self were in place from beginning to end then none of that cheating could occur. To this day no proper attention has been given to voting sites to make sure that any inappropriate behavior will result in severe discipline. It is so bad in places like Philly that the poll workers can sit at a table right out in the open and fill out ballots with no one there to stop them.
We have a problem with proportions in NYC. By law, there are supposed to be a Dem and a Republican poll inspector at each booth/table. But there aren’t enough Republicans who want to take the day off from work to earn a pittance, so there are many “Democrats acting as Republicans.”
As for poll watchers, who don’t even get paid, forget it.
I was the only one that day, Republican or Democrat.
There’s a rule that if someone doesn’t understand English (and don’t bother to ask why he’s voting in the first place), the Dem and the Republican poll inspectors (the people at the desk) have to go into the booth with the voter. Since most of the “Republicans” are actually Democrats, no one bothered to do this, as I found out when I proceeded into the booth with the Dem inspector.
People were actually laughing. Three people in a voting booth, ha ha ha. Well, the Dem immediately said to the voter, “You want to vote Democrat, right?”
My congressional district is the second most Dem in the country, going by presidential vote. The most Dem is guess where, just north of us.
You see the problem?
The person watching the scanners today knew me from the neighborhood. She never bothered to make sure I was tearing the ballot in half.
See?