Lauren Ashcraft  🌹Compte certifié

I signed up to be a poll worker for the general election and wanted to share my experience for the training. If I had to summarize it in one word, I’d say it was “bizarre.” A thread

I was initially given a training location 6 miles away. I biked out there and arrived at the training location which was a locked & closed building. Nobody answered the door, and I didn’t get in. I was marked as a “no show.”

I called the BOE after to tell them they sent me to a closed building and they said “oh that happens.” They didn’t know when there would be more trainings so they said to just keep calling back. A few calls later I was told there was a training literally down the block from me.

So yesterday I went to this 3hr training. Essentially it was the trainers reading through the training manual instead of you reading it yourself. There is a quiz, but they give you the answers. Nobody checked my ID. I cannot figure out why the training wasn’t online.

There was a guy who kept taking off his mask and needed reminded to keep it on. I wondered why they didn’t just throw him out, but they also kept emphasizing the need for this effort to be bipartisan. It all seems very Twilight Zone. Anyway see you at the polls

Cc: @JBlascoNYC I promised I’d update you!