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I answered the call from Pollworkers for Democracy (http://www.verifythevote.org) to be a poll judge here in Indiana. Our “training” was much too brief (less than 60 minutes) and consisted mainly of a Q&A session about Indiana’s new travesty of a voter ID law. We learned nothing about setting up or troubleshooting the DRE machines, probably because I went to the Democratic party’s training and our county elections are staffed by Republican Inspectors who are responsible for running elections in each the precinct. I was appalled to discover how the Democrats have been systematically disenfranchised by the electoral system in this wealthy Republican county. So far this has been an eye-opening experience and I look forward to hearing back from my fellow first timers after the election on November 7th.
