Paco Hope13h ago

So Virginia has a special election on April 21 because we have a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

Any of you who have seen my #electionofficer posts know that I'll live post throughout the day. I just got my assignment.

Back in January, I was at a library where I called it "election officer on hard mode." Every possible edge case came through at least once. And 33% of people who walked in the door were turned away because they thought they could vote there, but they couldn't.¹

I'm back at that precinct in April. Expect more craziness from me on Tuesday April 21.

¹ if this sounds bad, it isn't, I'll explain in a reply to this post.

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Show threadNazani
@paco I voted yesterday. The amount of Vote NO yard signs and GOP ads calling the redistricting "gerrymandering" is alarming.
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Show threadPaco Hope13h ago
@Nazani Or the one I got from a conservative PAC that had a big picture of Governor Spanberger with a big quote saying gerrymandering is bad, and this tiny little attribution to her on Twitter in 2019. Incredibly slimy.
Show threadNazani13h ago
@paco Yes, I've seen similar quoting Spanberger & Obama.
Another irritation for me is that the "greater Fredericksburg" area is spilt into 3 state senate districts.