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New Jersey, you need to stop doing this at your polling places (Opinion)
Let’s be trustworthy, election season sucks.
We’re bombarded with pamphlets that we’re not going to learn. There are obnoxious indicators in every single place. To not point out, it seems like each 10 seconds you’re listening to or seeing a political advert that does nothing to tell you of the candidate, it simply bashes the opponent.
It’s extremely irritating.
That mentioned, the folks to take out your frustration on are undoubtedly NOT the individuals who gave up their day that will help you do your civic responsibility.
This previous Tuesday at my Monmouth County polling place I heard a number of folks get vocally pissed off on the harmless ballot employees.
I used to be standing in line once I noticed two totally different guys berate the girls behind the desk about how they didn’t ask for his or her driver’s licenses earlier than giving their signatures.
The kindly volunteer defined that whereas they’ll’t request to see their ID, if you wish to present it to them, that’s positive.
*Cue the loudest scoffs I’ve ever heard adopted by what appeared like a painful eye roll from these guys.*
“Nicely THAT’S bizarre!” they growled on the ballot employee.
No it’s not.
Even when you don’t agree with New Jersey’s coverage that you just don’t have to indicate ID to vote (which, by the best way, is nothing new), there’s no must take it out on the individuals who volunteered to handle the voting machines.
If I witnessed this twice within the lower than 10 minutes that I used to be in there, I can not think about what number of occasions the ballot employees needed to cope with this.
Significantly, please cease doing this to your native volunteers. They don’t seem to be the supply of your frustration.
Do you assume these persons are those who made that call? What do you assume you’ll obtain by giving them perspective for this?
Coloration picture of some folks voting in some polling cubicles at a voting station.
When the following Election Day comes round, let’s be higher, New Jersey. Go away the ballot employees alone. These volunteers are giving up their time for us and so they don’t should be met with such vitriol.
Election season is tough sufficient, we needn’t take out our frustration on others.
Ballot employees, we thanks!
The put up above displays the ideas and observations of New Jersey 101.5’s Kylie Moore. Any opinions expressed are Kylie’s personal. You possibly can observe Kylie on Instagram.
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