michaeledward said:
One of the scariest times for a security guard/body guard/Secret Service/Handler/ is when the person you are moving or protecting makes an unexpected move, with out tell you. If you had known you would have had people in the crowd to handle things there as well if it turned bad. Nervous can also be, that they were calling in the changes to the snipers. I mean watchers, for coverage, to make sure there were people involved, and people watching.
My Experience on voting was that I had to wait for the old ladies to get done chatting with the guy in front of me to get checked off, and then get my ballot next in line. Four people to get the ballot and make sure I was who I am and the correct person. Fifth person to take special folder that protected the ballot that was to be read by an electronic card reader.
It picked up, while I was waiting and voting.
What I liked best was the rain and that all the people trying to get me to change my mind at the last minute were in their cars and not out bothering me. I really want to punch these people when they get in my face, and do not take Not interested or do not touch me for a reply.
We had these 17" x 8" ballots that were of a large print and had large ovals to be filled in with dark ink, to be read. The card reader was dual sided, so you only had to insert it once, and it read both sides. It also gave positive confirmation that there was a proper reading, by incrementing count. If there was a failure, it would tell you which area the machine had problems with so you could go back and fix it. (* Same system was rolled out for the primaries and August local elections. *)
:asian:
artyon: we used the punch system...a little out dated considering that in the 2000 election the county next to us their machine broke down and caught on fire so they had to wait for our county to finish and then we had to move it over there....so hopefully that won't happen this election
