Voting problems?

[Tippiechick]

****Update****

All day, I was still thinking about what had happened. So, I decided to call and talk to the Election Commissioner for our county. She started out telling me I was simply wrong and misinformed. Then, I showed her the state website's Voter Requirement page. She then admitted that was what the state used to do and then told me the STATE had told her to do something different. She brushed me off and said she'd double check with the state.

I told her I would also double-check with the State Election Commission.

Turns out, they were VERY surprised to hear her story. They said in no uncertain circumstances that I was correct. And, what she had been telling people was WRONG. She was told to retrain her staff correctly and hand them a printout of the link I provided above.

It is pretty bad when I know the State election laws better than the freakin' County Election Commissioner.

Sad part is, yesterday, 2200 voted. And, by the time the mess was fixed today, half the day was gone... So, more people were given a hard time. At least a few were either denied voting or given a provisional ballot. There's no way to tell. But, there were some people who had been pressed like me for additional proof of identity over and above what the state mandates.