As a proud disabled veteran, I used my sacred privilege and voted Tuesday. Lines were very long - about an hour wait. I have some problems about how the process went. I realize most of the officials are volunteers. (I was a poll monitor for two years.) Here are some observations:
• Complete disorganization. After registering we were shifted to a couple of lines after being told to stay in a certain line.
• They ran out of waiting-in-line slips, and said keep going; however, some were challenged for not having slips.
• Ran out of I Voted stickers.
• Should have a disabled line. After waiting an hour I could hardly walk, even with a cane.
• Only four voting machines to service huge lines.
Possible soulutions:
• Add additional voting booths
• Have early voting for the State of Delaware.
• Have a disability line.
• Get more modern voting machines.
In this age of technology, a better way should be planned. I realize my sacred privilege to vote in this great country of ours; however, let’s do better for the big election in 2020.
Richard C. Arnold
CW4 USA Ret.
Lewes
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