Took my MAGA elderly parents to vote at their local precinct and I couldn’t believe what I overheard from guy talking to everyone outside

Submitted by One_Awareness6631 t3_yq0u9g in Pennsylvania

neither drive and both refuse to do mail in (and trust me I was not happy about it but I couldn’t say I would not take them no matter what). I was extremely uncomfortable with the guy talking to people outside and overheard him say to a toothless guy (regarding location still being open at 5pm) “they shouldn’t allow this. If you haven’t made up your mind by now, you’re too stupid to vote.” IS THIS KOSHER? Or am I over stressed and over stimulated today?

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russ257 t1_ivly2gs wrote

Yeah it was just a guy expressing his opinion. He is allowed to say whatever dumb stuff he wants.

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tonyo8187 t1_ivly6hl wrote

General life advice - don't let conversations of people you don't know that aren't even talking to you affect your day.

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One_Awareness6631 OP t1_ivlzbr8 wrote

I said it made me uncomfortable, I didn’t say it wrecked my day but sure.

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tonyo8187 t1_ivlzr4f wrote

No one said it wrecked your day. It is interesting that you interpreted my post in that way. In any case I hope you feel better.

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AnotherDaveFella t1_ivm1lqx wrote

Or am I over stressed and over stimulated today?

Yes, along with most of reddit that ventured outside today and had to interact with humanity.

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Greedy_Class2493 t1_ivm52l1 wrote

Shit, sometimes I haven't made up my mind while filling out the ballot... I'm not stupid, the candidates just suck something awful

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AFD_0 t1_ivmi82y wrote

But what does the polls being open past 5PM have anything to do with undecided voters? Some people put a lot of deliberation into their votes and some people just have weird schedules.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but nobody should be allowed to talk or sway voters at a polling place anywhere on the property. Questions/answers between a voter and a poll worker should be all that's heard.

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ThreePointsPhilly t1_ivlxr22 wrote

Was it some random guy or a poll watcher?

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PM_ME_MURPHY_HATE t1_ivly3dv wrote

Most poll watchers are random guys. I guess there's some girls too, but mostly just random guys.

Now poll workers are a different story...

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ThreePointsPhilly t1_ivm0r8l wrote

I get that. I guess my thought was, was this a poll watcher or someone who has behavioral health issues, talking at random people in line?

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