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F.O.A.D.

On 4/23/13 5:39 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:16:21 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Indeed, I don't even like the use of churches for election polling
places. The public's elections should be conducted in public facilities,
such as schools, firehouses, county, state or federal office buildings,
et cetera.

The problem is there are a lot of places where those facilities are
not available on election days. Our schools are locked down when the
students are there and the general public is not allowed in.
Fire Houses are generally not rated for "assembly" (the fire code) and
office building may not have an accessible area to set up the polls.
Some have security that prevents access for the general public.

They have tried to get away from church property here but the county
simply does not have enough suitable locations to serve all of the
polling places required.
They do choose meeting rooms that are separate from the church itself
if that makes you feel better.
The one they used in Estero had no religious artifacts in it at all
and the entrance was on a different road than the entrance of the
church itself.

Our schools here shut down on election day and the large assembly room
is set up with the voting machines. When I lived in Virginia in the
1970's, we voted at the firehouse.

When I first voted in NE Florida, the polling place was at a baptist
church. The church lined the hallway leading to the assembly room with
photos of aborted fetuses, just for election day. I filed a complaint
with the board of elections. It took two years and a lot of letters and
threats, but the board of elections finally moved the polling place to a
"neutral" location. I am sure I was "damned" from the pulpit.

This was the same baptist church whose minister claimed catholics were
not christians, and who sent out teams of proselytizers every week.