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« Update: Major film studio seeks home in Hopkinton | Today | Film's stop in Woonsocket changes RIPTA routes » February 7, 2008Elections board puts off vote on banning photos at pollsPROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Board of Elections has put off a scheduled vote on a measure that would ban taking pictures inside polling places. The decision came as critics called the measure unneccessary and overly broad during a public hearing today. The board's Executive Director Robert Kando says he proposed the measure to protect the secrecy of voters' ballots. He says he's been troubled by newspaper photographs showing voters with ballots. The proposed change would ban the use of cameras, cell phone cameras and video recorders. Several speakers at today's hearing urged the board to reject the ban. Howard Merten, a lawyer for The Providence Journal, says a ban on cameras would prevent photographers from documenting historic votes. -- The Associated Press Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsVote early and vote often | February 7, 2008 7:03 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Wow, talk about repression, but frankly, I always assumed that photographing was illegal, just because I never saw anybody filming.
If I had known that it WAS legal, I would have taken photos of some of the shenanigans that went on the year that I was a poll worker. The 'warden', a local political hack, was hardly in the room with us, and somebody had to go chase him down each time something had to be signed. (But what good to photograph an empty chair?) I suspect he was on the phone somewhere calling in stuff to his other cronies. When his cronies showed up later in the day, they crowded around near the voting area blocking the exit - would have liked to have a shot of that one. Oh, and a picture of his neighbor walking her dog in the place, that would have been worthwhile.
And lots more. If only I had known.
If you ask me, they should go the other way, and place a videocamera at the polling place. Maybe then they could get some of these crooked goons on film, as well as the dead guys who still vote.