This week’s Unsung Heroes are easy to pick.
I vote for everyone who helped make yesterday’s elections run smoothly.
Town officials in the registrars’ and town clerk’s offices; volunteers at the polling places; League of Women Voters members who handed out non-partisan information; the behind-the-scenes custodial, maintenance and administrative folks wherever votes were cast; Staples High School students who greeted voters and passed out,= “I Voted” stickers; police officers who were ready in case there were any issues … anyone who had a hand in making sure democracy worked yesterday: thank you.
No matter the outcome, you won.
A soothingly familiar scene, year after year in Westport.
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Excellent and timely choice for unsung hero(es). Anyone who doubts the efficacy of our elections owes it to themselves to assist with one. The process is studiously bipartisan and subject to strict rules & regulations and checks & balances.
The two registrars are from opposing political parties and elected by us. Ballot counters work in pairs; one from each major political party.
To tamper with the outcome of an election in Connecticut would necessitate suborning numerous election workers and officials from both major parties to participate in a cabal large enough to mishandle many thousands of ballots in plain sight of professional poll watchers.
In my opinion, just not likely.
They truly fly under the radar and are underappreciated. Thanks for spotlighting them Dan