Voting misconceptions ...
The lines are out the door and down the block, and hey, there's plenty of early voting days left, not to mention Election Day.
On The Daily Dish, a reader from Asheville wrote in with news from her neck of the woods.
An older man, also in line, told the woman she could not vote because she was electioneering. Another man spoke up and said that the woman could vote so long as she wasn't arm-twisting anyone to vote for her candidate. I am a copy editor for the local newspaper as well as a political junkie. So I vaguely remember reading about some controversy regarding what people may or may not wear to the polling place and how that could be used to disenfranchise voters. It seems like this is what happened at my polling place this afternoon. The poll worker clarified the situation, stating the only ones who could not wear campaign paraphernalia were poll workers.
Want to avoid some of that confusion?
Read what we received from George Gilbert, Guilford County's elections director, on the top misconceptions he's seen around here during this election season.
On his last point, that elections workers don't want a close election, this is a little of Gilbert's humor and pragmatism showing through. If an election is close, then many headaches and questions result, along with the potential for legal battles, recounting ballots and the fear of more hanging chads.
A landslide election victory averts that possibility. Though at this point the presidential election appears to be a close one here in N.C.
