92 with a broken neck . . . but he voted in Vinton!
Wallace Reed, of Vinton, 92, who voted from his car | Shot by Dan
A little more than a week ago, Wallace Reed of Vinton was down in Florida for his sister’s funeral when he took a tumble.
He broke his hip and fractured a vertebrae in his neck — notice the collar in the shot below.
He was brought back to Roanoke via an air ambulance flight that cost $10,000 (that was a discount). And he’s been in a rehab center ever since. He got back one day too late to get a absentee ballot, said his daughter, Vickie Martines.
But he would not be deterred from voting Tuesday.
“He told me he’s voted in every presidential election since Roosevelt,” she said. “He wasn’t going to let a broken hip and a fractured neck stop him.”
A little after lunchtime, Martines and her husband, David, picked up Reed at the rehab center where he’s living right now. I met them at the Vinton Senior Center, where they took him to vote.
He couldn’t get out of her car, so he sat there in the front passenger seat while an election official brought a portable voting machine out to him.
“I’m voting for Harry Byrd!” Reed barked, as a joke, to the election official.
“Who’s he going to vote her?” I asked Martines.
“He’s always voted Republican,” she said. “But he thought [President George W.] Bush was terrible. He’s said he’s never going to vote Republican again. So I think he’s voting for Obama.”
Officials at the senior center — one of the highest-performing Democratic precinct in Roanoke County — told me that 1,1,00 voters had showed up by 1:30 p.m., compared to about 700-800 by the same time four years ago. Things seemed to be running smoothly there. Early in the afternoon, the lines were short, although they had been much longer in the morning.
But the scene was quite different at Villa Heights, a precinct at Forest Park Academy in Northwest Roanoke. There, I found more than 250 people in a line that snaked out of the gym, then back inside the building, where it filled two hallways all the way to the other side of the place.
The line coming out of the gym at Forest Park Academy, the Villa Heights precinct. | Shot by Dan
There, I met Priscilla Beane, who had been in line for two hours and still had about 80 people ahead of her.
The bottleneck seemed to be at the desk where two workers checked IDs against voter registration terminals.
One of five iVotronic voting machines was out of order, and two voting-machine repairmen were on hand to try to repair it.
I asked one of them if there had been a lot of similar problems today, and he wouldn’t tell me. Instead, he gave me a phone number to ESS, the machines’ owner, and the name of a guy I could talk to there.
But pace of approving voters to vote proceeded at such a snail’s pace that the down machine didn’t make much of a difference. It was going so slowly that for most of the time I was there, 2 of the 4 working machines were empty anyway.
Outside the Villa Height precinct, the parking lot was a mess of cars trying to get in and out. The lot is too small to accommodate many cars, and it was a mess of drivers trying to get in, trying to back out. So that my car could exit, a city policeman had to back his car all the way down to Melrose Avenue. There was no traffic control a little after 2 but they sure needed some.
Inside the Villa Heights voting precinct on Melrose Avenue Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 | Shot by Dan
Things were running more smoothly elsewhere.
There were no lines whatsoever when I wandered into Vinton Baptist Church on Washinton Avenue around 2 p.m.
There were long lines, however, at William Byrd High School in Roanoke County. There, a local church giving away hot dogs, popcorn and coffee to voters. Here’s a shot of the folks inside waiting to vote.
Voters wait in a long line at William Byrd High School in Roanoke County's Vinton voting district | Shot by Dan
The only place I felt at all unwelcome was at the Melrose precinct, which was voting at St. Gerard’s Catholic Church on Orange Avenue.
There, I walked in and took a picture. A white guy in a sports jacket who was standing behind the election officials tapped on the shoulder of a woman sitting at the desk, checking voters. She motioned to me.
“Sir, come here,” she said to me. “Who are you?”
“I’m Dan Casey of The Roanoke Times,” I said.
“Well, you’re not allow to take picture in here,” she admonished me.
“I’m not?” I asked?
“No, you’re not,” she said. “You can take them outside, but not inside.” Below is the pic I took.
Voters at the Melrose precinct inside St. Gerard's Catholic Church.| Shot by Dan
November 6, 2012 - 4:57 PM
Well Dan, it appears they thought you were taking pictures of people’s screens where they are standing at the boxes voting… which you were… which you aren’t allowed to do in VA.
MMM, they could not have reasonably thought that, given where I was, and where the machines were, and the fact that they’re horizontal.
They were there, I was there, you weren’t, and you think you know better. Ha, ha. Par for the course!
Long lines but smooth and no problems at lee hi precinct.
this sounds like the beginnings of a great story until the last part…this is just pure ignorance.
What is a ‘fractured next’ – is that an injury you plan to have in the future, or is his poor man’s neck fracture spreading to other vertebrae?
Congrats, Dan, for the link in from the Huffington Post!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/election-results-2012-live_n_2036137.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
I heard a lady on Stand Up with Pete Dominick on the way home saying that even though PA courts threw out the voter ID requirement, poll workers in her predominantly black precinct were still asking for them and confusing some seniors who did not know they could vote without showing it. She said she filed a complaint with the voter intimidation line and said that she was going to pursue it.
I myself am sick to death of this BS line about the country “ascending again” instead of the decline we are on. I am so glad there was a convenient black man they could blame it all on but I am damned tired of this crap. I hope it is a blow out for Obama!
Looks like the 2012 election turnout in VA will be as high or higher than 2008
4:45 p.m.
Virginia is seeing high voter turnout today and the total will likely be larger than 2008, State Board of Elections Secretary Don Palmer said late this afternoon.
“Turnout is robust,” Palmer told reporters at a 3:30 p.m. briefing in downtown Richmond. “We anticipate a very large turnout. We think it’ll be higher than 2008.”
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/nov/06/48/voting-underway-polls-open-va-until-7-pm-ar-2340568/
Two questions for you Dan.
What is the relevance to a “white guy” in a sportcoat?
Shouldn’t you change the credits on your photos to “taken by” just so you can’t be mistaken for a right wing fanatic?
I voted at Lincoln Terrace Elementary, and waited about 30 minutes. I had to wait abut 5 minutes after I got to the poll workers table because right after the worker took my voter registration card and brought my info up on the computer, she rec’d a phone call she had been waiting for about a woman who was having some kind of problem. It started before I got there, so I don’t know what the problem was other then I guess she wasn’t on their list, but they were going to give her a provisional ballot. People were steadily coming in as I was leaving.
Voting is private and confidential. Zero defense for picture taking. Horizontal, vertical or otherwise you are trying to convince yourself.
#5: What is “his poor man’s neck fracture”? Is that the fracture that you get if you’re not in Mitt Rmoney’s league of kleptocrats?
Richard Pa,
And, not one these pictures shows anybody voting for anyone. Thank you for the comment.
Oh, look! The C’Burg door manufacturers who were closing down, causing much local anti-Obama fervor, have changed their minds. On election day, too!
See you all tomorrow. Bon chance!
Re: There, a local church giving away hot dogs, popcorn and coffee to voters. Here’s a shot of the folks inside waiting to vote.
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A violation of Federal law, BTW.
Warren, there was a typo (next instead of neck) which the poster caught and I corrected.
LOL.
I just (@6:49pm) got a recorded robo call from Bob McDonnell telling me to get out and vote.
Re: Comment by Marked Man — November 6, 2012 @ 5:04 pm
“which you aren’t allowed to do in VA.”
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MM,
Legal citation, please.
BTW, see: http://tinyurl.com/boj9eez
Re: my last posted too fast (While I was searching for another site. Not sure how.)
See: http://tinyurl.com/audljxg
“Discuss placement of cameras for photos and/or filming with the Chief Officer, as equipment should be placed so as not to show the faces of those attempting to vote or hinder the flow of voting.”
I wondered about that food thing too Dave Hicks, how far is this food from the voting area, I do not think they are allowed…
Dan, I was referencing the reply #5, with it’s own type o’ typo.
Salute to Wallace Reed! You are a great American!
This is just dumb. If they’re telling people who to vote for, then there’s a problem. If they’re just giving freebies to people after they’ve voted, I don’t see what the problem is.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/316339
Dan, you wrote…”A white guy in a sports jacket who was standing behind the election officials tapped on on the shoulder and motioned top me.
“Sir, come here,” she said to me. “Who are you?””
I’m confused…who did the white guy in the sports jacket tap “on on?” I figure you meant he motioned to you, not “top” you, but then you write, “She said,” so what happened to the white guy in a sports jacket? Was he the one who spoke to you, or was it someone else, a female? And if so, what color was she, and what was she wearing? I’m assuming that’s an important part of this story.
I wouldn’t think it would be legal to take photos in a polling place.
Obama has proven to be the best. Why not just giving him a second change
I thought I had posted this earlier, but apparently not. I voted early this morning, before 7 a.m. No line. Poll workers reported steady traffic since 6 a.m. I greeted them and called them all by name and they said hello to me. I signed the poll sheet, but was not required to show ID. I don’t like using electronic machines, but that’s what we use here. Split ticket again this time.
I hope all of you remember that this Sunday is Veterans Day. Thanks to all my fellow bloggers who are veterans. I voted today because of your service.
It is going to be hard for Romeny to win. People in this country just want another entitlement and handout and Obama is just the guy to give it to them while he continues to bankrupt the nation. Once you give the store away, you have anarchy on your hands if you try to take it back. If Obama wins, this is where the nation is headed: Anarchy and bankruptcy.
Sandi, you shouldn’t just take the things you read on a blog on faith. The judge didn’t throw out the PA law. Just ordered more study which delayed implementation beyond today’s election. But it was by no means “thrown out”, no matter what Dan might say.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/02/pennsylvania-voter-id-judge-suspends/1608723/
Oops, sorry Dan. I thought it looked like in the last photo above that you were taking a picture of the front of the voting booth while people were voting. I wonder why all the voters were standing behind the booths then?
Dan, I was over at the Villa Heights precinct this afternoon about 4:45 delivering food to keep the folks in line sustained until they could vote. I think it would be interesting to see the number of registered voters and the number of functional voting machines in each precinct in Roanoke City. This is completely uncalled for and voter suppression! Why were there just 2 people checking in voters and why were they so slow? The parking situation there was ridiculous in fact I didn’t get to park. People were parking on the other side of Melrose and walking over to the school. I was appalled at the situation there. It should not be this way, we have a broken system. Of course more people turn out for a Presidential election, that’s not rocket science.
I hope you were in line to vote at the time Dave Hicks!
Mourdock in IN and Brown in MA both take hits. Was it Terps or Henry that was mailing it in for Brown because of the Indian heritage dust up?
Elena, you got me. I blew the phrasing of that sentence, and left some words out. It’s corrected now. Thanks for pointing it out.
Kendra, weren’t you the one picking Romney in a landslide?
The judge delayed the implementation for the election the GOP specifically designed the law for. For all practical purposes, he threw it out.
Kendra, aren’t the Reagan democrats deciding Rommeys fate? My what a difference a day makes.
Carolyn,
I think they seemed slow because in the city, this is the first presidential election they’ve used those electronic voter books in. Recall, in the 2008 election they had paper books.
In Villa Heights, they had one broken voting machine, but it didn’t make much difference because the logjam was at the people checking in the voters. They should have had better training AND more people to check voters in.
Re: Comment by Debbie — November 6, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
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It comes under giving anything of value to vote or have voted.
See: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/pdf/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap29-sec597.pdf
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18 USC § 597 – Expenditures to influence voting
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate;
and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
[emphasis added]
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A lot of the “Reagan Democrats” were union members, such as the Teamsters, which endorsed Reagen.
Republicans can’t claim many union voters any more, now that they are proudly and rabidly anti-union, and they tried to kill public employee unions in Wisconsin and Ohio. This is going to haunt them for years.
Joe Donnelly, who just won the U.S. Senate seat in Indiana, is a personal friend. He will be a member of the Senate who will solve problems by working with others to get things done. Common sense does prevail sometimes.
I voted for the first time in my life, and proud to say I voted for Obama. In Buena Vista line was over an hour long which is crazy for such a small place. All I have to say is 4 more years.
Ha, ha, ha, ha. Romney in a landslide. Even if Romney somehow still pulls it out, it sure as heck ain’t no landslide.
And congrats to the Tea Party. They knock Lugar out and as a result lose a Senate seat for the Repubs. Way to go!!!
Let’s start parsing….
The Reagan Democrats were probably bought off by Axlerod.
Come on Kaine.
“The Reagan Democrats were probably bought off by Axlerod.”
This is REALLY funny. Because if there was ANYONE who didn’t need to be bought off, it was blue-collar Democrats. They’ve run away from the labor-hating GOP of 2010 and bayond.
Tonight is horrible. YOU Libs do not get it. Most of your local, sorry a@@es have never been overseas (to the Middle East or like places) I assume. Of course my statement gives you a lead in to focus upon your plight or need. What have we become? The Obama voters ask…”What can your country do for you?”…not what can you do for your country! Look at the locations where (in VA) you see Romney campaign signs…many are in front of mobile homes with work trucks! Yeah, WORK trucks. I respect the folks who are NOT RICH…but have an ethic that most DEM supporters do not.
Shame, shame. You have just elected a leader who will not, once again,hold the “New Black Panther Party” to account for their Halloween theatrics in Philly. A leader who ran for himself. And one more question…why do you… as any racial makeup, run for a candidate? Over 90% of black voters will vote for Obama…come on people, let’s put this into perspective. Be smart and think…
Re: Comment by Ron May — November 6, 2012 @ 9:49 pm
Nope.
As I reported on the other thread I voted at 1:15 and was in and out in 10 minutes. No wait at the check-in table. One person ahead of me in the “line” at the voting machines.
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“Shame, shame. You have just elected a leader who will not, once again,hold the “New Black Panther Party” to account for their Halloween theatrics in Philly. A leader who ran for himself. And one more question…why do you… as any racial makeup, run for a candidate? Over 90% of black voters will vote for Obama…come on people, let’s put this into perspective. Be smart and think…”
Devino, your angst and despair are weird. That’s where your shame belongs. What do you suggest — that we bar black candidates from running for office? That we prohibit black voters from voting for them?
In that case, should whites still be allowed to vote for white candidates?
Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?
Devino,
Have fun cowering under your bed all alone in fear of the black menance for the next four years; chicks dig guys that pee themselves
Forget my last request…about thinking about the racial makeup of the voting percentage. You all will not do that. You will consider it “normal” and not even look into it.
Your vote for Obama supported this tonight. The racial paradigm (wrong as it may be) has shifted…except that our liberal, literarie folks are too afraid or ambivilant to address it when they see it…I apologize, but tonight has really opened my eyes.
Good lord, as you look at your toddlers (as I am doing), you must understand that in a few short years, they will bear the burden of the “racist white man.” If they are girls, no worries or social standards will be expected whatsoever. My wife, from Eastern Europe orginally, thinks that our moral and familial compass is completely broken.
Thank you Baby Boomers, your generation (after your parents ‘greatest generation’…in which I believe) has done more to erode this country than anything that I can imagine.
What a crappy night. Oh well, you all will reap the “good” feelings that you have sewn by re-electing Barack.
God help us all.
No Dan, you miss the point. We should never limit who runs for office. But please explain the disparity in black votes for Obama. What is up with Jay Z, Beyonce, Snoop Lion, Bruce Springsteen (okay, he’s white), Oprah…etc? Stop Dan, look at this. I am not bringing anything to light that is not worth mentioning.
Elizabeth Warren won.
Yes my vote for Obama supported this tonight. That was the intention. Get over it Devino. You’ll get another chance in 4 years.
“No Dan, you miss the point. We should never limit who runs for office. But please explain the disparity in black votes for Obama. What is up with Jay Z, Beyonce, Snoop Lion, Bruce Springsteen (okay, he’s white), Oprah…etc? Stop Dan, look at this. I am not bringing anything to light that is not worth mentioning.”
Devino, I’m not missing the point. You’re missing how ridiculous your whining about “90 percent of the blacks are voting for a black candidate!” makes you look. You’re howling that the rain is unfair. How is it unfair to allow people to vote who they want to? How is that result unfair? And, if it IS unfair (which it’s not) what would BE fair?
Devino, would you like some cheese with that pitiful whine? This is not about race, beyond the fact that the TP/R has no clue that there are not enough angry old whites left to make them kings anymore. Minorities are smart enough to know when they are not welcomed, understood and appreciated. So are women.
PBS just said that at the Romney headquarters, the only news they are showing is Fox. I’m stunned.
Devino, your angst and despair are weird. That’s where your shame belongs. What do you suggest — that we bar black candidates from running for office? That we prohibit black voters from voting for them?
In that case, should whites still be allowed to vote for white candidates?
Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?
Dan…what shame do I have you ass? I have served in overseas theaters that your soft ass would never consider. Do you want to call me on that? Ask me where I have been, what I have done? Please do so. For some reason I characterize you as a soft, Northern liberal. I may be wrong, but I am guessing that you are a GREATFUL DEAD (who I happen to like) follower that looks upon anyone who has any measure of success as someone who may have had help or–could not receive help that was needed. Come’on…I have 3 awesome little children, a wife from overseas (and we are paying through the nose for her paperwork) and I paid for my degree myself. I have busted my A@@. Now Dan, tell me what I did wrong.
Tell me how I sound ridiculous. Tell me how a white, latino or other artist, who would come out against Obama (like Jay Z did against Mitt) would be perceived by you? I am sure that it would just be chalked up as ‘entertaining’ and funny.
As a white male I find what devino has to say so so sad. I voted for Obama not on race but on policy if he was white black green blue ect. i still would have voted for him, that’s what devino is missing if just blacks voted for Obama he wouldn’t win. The thing is us young voters are leaning left because we see what the right would do to this country that we love. Get use to it we are not going anywhere for a long long time.
Steve C…no cowering here amigo. Just point out the facts. And for you and Dan…my issue here is not entirely the racial makeup of the voting public…which should be troubling to anyone. My biggest issue is this: I spend $3.29 per gallon of gas to go anywhere…and I have to go far to my job because if you all look at the Roanoke area employer news lately, you will not only see a lack of jobs, but a LOT of layoffs.
What are you all thinking with your vote tonight? Hell, I guess we are all “entitled” to something. I suppose that I will begin looking for my benefits tomorrow…on your tax dollars (if you are indeed employed).
Tammy Duckworth, Claire McCaskill, Elizabeth Warren, GREAT NIGHT!
Sandi,
No, I will not accept any cheese free of charge, even if my feelings are hurt and I feel disenfranchised. I guess I will just go to bed hungry tonight and awake tomorrow morning and feed myself. Yes, this is a big task and you know?…I should probably seek some sort of government assistance to accomplish this since I am likely “owed” this.
Sandi, your a loud blow-hard…everything above is certainly sarcastic. Enjoy BOH’s victory tonight. We will all pay for it for many years to come.
Congratulations Mr. President.
The next contest should be who is the first to create an “exploratory” committee for the next time around. And when.
Devino, you seem to be saying, “How dare you accuse me of whining, because I served in the military and you did not? That is unfair!”
It’s not unfair. Your military service, while admirable, has nothing to do with it. It doesn’t give you any extra juice to complain that 90 percent of blacks voted for a black candidate, and to fear for the future of this country because of that.
You would be far, far, better off asking, “Why can’t the Republican party attract minority votes? What are they doing wrong? How can they fix THAT?”
Because that’s what they need to fix. They need to jettison the Tea Party self-styled patriots nerds, and bring minority voters into the Republican fold. And THAT’S how they’ll attract enough voters in the future.
All the billionaires money and all of their Karl Rove men,
Couldn’t put a Republican majority together again.
Remember that, Devino, if you care about the GOP. They need to understand that for the future.
This was my “superbowl” and no, I am not going to Disneyworld! So much for the all-nighter!
Oh stop whining Devino. After gutting out 8 miserable years of Bush, I’m completely enjoying this night. You’ll get another shot in 4 years, so maybe the GOP needs to concentrate on throwing out the nut cases that have driven them from power. No good lesson comes easy.
Hokie Hater…I find the voting percentage so sad. This is not your vote or my vote. This is a large portion of our nations vote. Why? You mention policies…which policies? I will listen, just articulate your point.
I applaude that you would vote regardless of race, however; looking at the numbers, does another race abide by that rule? Be honest with yourself and check the #’s.
To “Sandi”…Yep, congratulation Mr. President. This is a free country and the people have spoken. I can respect that…not the man, but the will of the people.
devino, you need to find a better paying job and sthu.
To Kristen…and whoever else asks: No whining here….I just do not see a good future for us in the next 4 years.
For Dan..do not assume, I never said that I was in the military while I “served” overseas. And yes, if it were my military service (which I did have in the Middle East many years ago–but not applicable for this discussion), then hell yeah, I would have earned the right to say whatever the hell I would want to…but alas, most of our young warfighters have such good manners within our society while fighting their a@@es off in theater.
I do not follow Karl Rove or any other “consultant.” I follow my conscious decision making ability, the belief in family ( to include the innocent and unborn), service to my country (not my expectation of my country’s service to me) and pride in hard work. I am not rich or wealthy ( I come from extremely humble beginnings), have worked for everything that I have (while spending my own money for an education) and my wife and I have spent A FORTUNE on her citizenship application. I ask thay anyone else do the same.
Steven,
I make good money…as for your advice to sthu…yeah, your a big internet cowboy sunshine. No need to go there with that sort of talk big “fellow.” Keep it clean.
Devino, you’re a loud whiny-butt sore loser, hiding in the safety of anonymity to attack people. A Great American, you are not.
I am enjoying the President gaining the re-election he deserved, and I look forward to some progress if Congress can be bothered to do their job!
This may be a news flash to you, but even had Romney managed to win, we would still be paying for the 30 years of mistakes for many years to come.
Cuomo/Warner 2016!
Devino, sthu and go to bed already!
The BRC has 49 threads from today alone. Oy veh.
Devino,
I don’t know you or your situation. My view of what happened in today’s election is that the Republicans learned, I hope, that they can’t run a campaign solely on obstruction, hate and division. They cannot win when their comments and ideas about the future of this country exclude (and in some cases insult) a large portion of the population. You can’t run on a philosophy of controlling women’s lives while at the same time espousing getting rid of regulations from business and other people’s lives. You can’t run on a philosophy of controlling the rights of people of color and immigrants while at the same time freeing up rich white people from that same control.
By 2020, for example, a state like Texas and its 38 electoral votes is likely to become a swing state. Obama got more than 70% of the Latino vote. It made a difference in Virginia & Florida. The portion of our voting population represented by people of color will, in the not too distant future, be the majority in our nation. We Republicans have to come to grips with that reality and redefine our party in order to remain relevant.
Finally, the election yesterday, in my view, was the voice of the American people telling our political leaders to stop acting in ways that promote a “it’s my way or the highway’” philosophy. They told our political leaders to reach across the political divide and solve the problems confronting our country. If our political leaders fail to hear that message and act accordingly, the next election will find many of them kicked out of the government and doing something else.
The American people have common sense. They ultimately vote in ways that reinforce that idea.
Sure Dave Hicks…
SNIP
“No filming or photographing may be performed in a way that divulges how any individual is voting.”
SNIP
IMHO, the people asking Dan to stop taking pictures wouldn’t have known if he was zoomed in on the voters selections in the above pic. Cameras do that, ya know? However, as always, YMMV.
Folks, I give Devino credit for coming on here in the face of what had to be a crushingly disappointing loss last night. Notice that except for a stray post or two, every other right winger who has been taunting us about Obama’s impending demise completely disappeared last night.
Re: Comment by Marked Man — November 7, 2012 @ 9:01 am
Nice try at moving the goalpost, or should I say assumptions on your part of what the official thought.
From a distance, through a human body, capturing the image on a screen that is on the same or virtually the same horizontal plane as the line of sight? You must have an interesting zoom lens that looks around things and capture an image of a screen at less than a 10 degree at the vertex of the angle of screen and line of sight. The CIA would be interested in that invention, as would lots of others.
FWIIW, I did point out the prohibition of taking pictures of the faces of the folk in line to vote and the need to get prior approval of the camera location.
However, I am sure it is not against the law to take the pix of someone’s back such as you said was against the law.
RE: Comment by Dave Hicks — November 7, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
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Jeesh Dave, don’t get so defensive. The average poll worker wouldn’t know that which was the point to begin with. They are told to not allow anyone to take pictures of anyone inside voting that may show their face or their screen.
The point was that the worker was simply doing their job as they were trained to do.
SNIP
YMMVIMHO
DaveHicks, please please please do not get bogged down in this photography thing. You’ll be arguing about it straight through Thanksgiving.
“Jeesh Dave, don’t get so defensive. The average poll worker wouldn’t know that which was the point to begin with. They are told to not allow anyone to take pictures of anyone inside voting that may show their face or their screen.”
I had to laugh at this one, given Wednesday’s paper, specifically the A-section. Between page 10 (which was an entire photo page) and page 12, there were 8 photos shot inside polling places that showed voters faces. Three were closeups.
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What argument? That’s what the law states. If Dan or Dave or anyone can speculate on the reasoning for a poll worker saying something, then I s’pose I can too.
Yep – lines were long in ye olde Commonwealth – but the committed persevered and Virginia picked the winner! Yay! The voter advocates at my precinct showed me the Code of Virginia and I learned that inside the poling place (1) voters over 65 can come to the head of the line and (2) anyone with mobility challenges can come to the head of the line. Curbside voting has always been allowed for voters with mobility issues. Now, we Virginia voters need to force the dummies who represent us in Richmond to pass laws allowing no-fault early voting! Virginia allows absentee voting but you have to check a box with a reason and then read the fine print about incarceration for lying…Yawn…