Comments on: Richmond NAACP requests poll investigation http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2006/11/21/richmond-naacp-requests-poll-investigation/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrés Soto http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2006/11/21/richmond-naacp-requests-poll-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Andrés Soto Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:04:40 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2006/11/21/richmond-naacp-requests-poll-investigation/#comment-75 I thank my friends in the Richmond NAACP for bringing their serious concerns, that are shared by many Latinos as well, forward to Steve Weir. But, this was not just a problem impacting the predominantly African American neighborhoods, which the North and East, where Wilson School is located, is not.

The confusion began with the mailing of erroneous polling palce notifications, followed by new polling place notifications. I have voted at Ford School for 26 years, this year it was moved to Richmond High School. No problem per se,regarding the location. Inside was a mess during the post work voting rush. There were only enough markers provided by the Elections Office for the number of voting booths present, so by the end of the day as the pens walked off there were huge lines of people waiting to vote due to a marker shortage. Ludicrous. The poll workers did not know what to do when voters showed up with the two different colored and dated polling place notifications. All in all a poor job done in general in working class communities of color in West County, not just African American neighborhoods.

We have to do a better job!

]]> By: Andrés Soto http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2006/11/21/richmond-naacp-requests-poll-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Andrés Soto Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:04:40 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2006/11/21/richmond-naacp-requests-poll-investigation/#comment-77 I thank my friends in the Richmond NAACP for bringing their serious concerns, that are shared by many Latinos as well, forward to Steve Weir. But, this was not just a problem impacting the predominantly African American neighborhoods, which the North and East, where Wilson School is located, is not.

The confusion began with the mailing of erroneous polling palce notifications, followed by new polling place notifications. I have voted at Ford School for 26 years, this year it was moved to Richmond High School. No problem per se,regarding the location. Inside was a mess during the post work voting rush. There were only enough markers provided by the Elections Office for the number of voting booths present, so by the end of the day as the pens walked off there were huge lines of people waiting to vote due to a marker shortage. Ludicrous. The poll workers did not know what to do when voters showed up with the two different colored and dated polling place notifications. All in all a poor job done in general in working class communities of color in West County, not just African American neighborhoods.

We have to do a better job!

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