[EL] Poll Worker Bites Voter's Nose

[Foley, Edward]

I'm not kidding; that's the new low for election administration in Ohio:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/elections-board-in-ohio-says-worker-bit-voters-nose-after-argument-outside-polling-place/2011/11/08/gIQAzzVz2M_story.html

I know you can't make policy based on a bizarre isolated incident like this, but I can't help wondering how one would address this in a well-designed poll worker training course.  ("Never, ever try to bite a voter's nose, even if the voter does something stupid like calling you an 'ass'."  Or "If you feel like biting a voter's nose, try counting to ten to see if you can calm down."???)

And now back to the serious news, like the "razor-thin result" in the Virginia senate seat that will determine which party controls that legislative chamber . . .

Ned

Edward B. Foley
Isadore & Ida Topper Professor of Constitutional Law
Director, Election Law @ Moritz

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
(614) 292-4288; foley.33 at osu.edu<mailto:foley.33 at osu.edu>
Website: www.electionlaw.osu.edu<http://www.electionlaw.osu.edu/>


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