> Behalf Of John D. Giorgis > > At 12:01 AM 11/5/2004 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >John Horn wrote: > >> > >> When he finished voting, the father went over and stood > >> behind the daughters and showed them how to vote. The > wife happened > >> to be at the machine next to me and she stood there for several > >> minutes doing nothing until the husband came over to her. > Again, he > >> stood behind her (and me!) telling her what to do. > >> > >These things are illegal here in Brazil. When you vote, you > are alone. Not > >even cell phones are allowed inside the voting booth - > otherwise it would > >violate the secrecy > > Both those things are illegal in Maryland as well..... as you > might imagine > John's story was very amazing, as so far as I knew, this was true all > across America.
I was absolutely amazed myself. Even more amazed that none of the poll-workers said or did anything about it. I thought about asking one of them "he's not supposed to be doing that, is he?" but I didn't. I guess I shouldn't have been TOO surprised as it was about 6:30 and it was pretty clear the poll workers were learning "on the job". I wonder if it would have been treated differently if they'd been voting for Kerry... <grin> - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
