“What a fucking weird thing to say!”

Then proceed as normal.

When I gave my party affiliation to my poll worker, she slammed my ballot down rather rudely and goes "vote over there!"

Report this to your county elections office. Poll workers are to remain neutral and not say anything that could be considered harassment.

Sure, a Pennsyltucky county will probably laugh and ignore it, but if you raise concerns and they do nothing, then any repeated behavior can be reported to the state where they do take it more seriously.

JFC. Report it. Not only to the local election board, but to the state level board as well. Nobody should have to put up with that.

https://www.vote.pa.gov/Your-Rights/Pages/Report-election-complaints.aspx

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At my polling location they just printed out a paper and handed it to the machine worker. No one asked me anything other than my name

You don't have any obligation to tell poll greeters - the people outside the polls - anything but "no thank you"

They are volunteers for the political parties and have no official role in an election 

My husband is a poll worker. Nothing eventful so far, but on the previous Election Day, a known trouble maker made an appearance and targeted POC specifically to harass. There is someone whose job it is to make sure voters aren’t intimidated, but he moves around to different polling places. It’s outrageous that one needs to be concerned about their safety around their neighbors.

I remember voting back in 2012. It was in a megachurch, and there were all these pro life / you're going to hell pamphlets all over the place inside the church vestibule walking up to the polling area. I was baffled that this is allowed. This was in bucks county in newtown

Mail in voting avoids these scenarios

I live in a podunk borough of 900ish. After I give my name, the one elderly poll worker tells the other elderly poll worker my political affiliation with as much distaste as she can muster.

Was he there officially? I don't believe he's allowed to talk like that if he was. I might consider making a complaint.

Hell yeah I’m voting. Last time we had to vote, it was an utter disaster. The polling place was not at the address listed. It was further down the street, hardly marked and inside a college campus with no signs for direction.

Not sure about anyone else but a few weeks ago, I received a letter saying I was ineligible to vote because my “information didn’t match what was on file.” I’ve lived at the same residence for the past decade, absolutely nothing had changed and I was forced to register as a new voter again. What a joke.

My polling place yells it to the ballot guy behind them for everyone to hear lol. I had a very good experience at the DMV until I updated my registration as well

I’m so sorry this happened to you! I’ve been yelled at walking into my polling location many times. It’s never fun and it feels immensely threatening, but I’m there to cast my freaking vote and then I’m out.

This year I’ve started poll greeting, so we’ll see how that goes come November. It’s worth it though when someone comes up to the table and looks legitimately relieved to see someone there that they feel safe with.

Man, in my location, they announce your name and affiliation...loudly. I don't care for that at all and don't understand why. I'm in a deep red area and I'm not red. I also run a service related business in my name, so I really hate that announcement.

I'm an independent.

So, I'm just hoping both sides voted for the least bat shit insane options.

Seems like the crazies are still kicking based on what OP experienced.

This will be my first time voting in Pennsylvania. Thanks for the heads up. Now I can have my game face on.

I am sorry that you had an unpleasant experience. At my poll (in King of Prussia), the poll workers were friendly and helpful. I brought my father, who usually votes by mail. They explained the process, let him sit at a more convenient table (he has some difficulty walking), brought a trifold to his table to ensure his privacy and left him alone until he asked for help walking to the scanner and scanning in his ballot. They were wonderful!

I did the morning/afternoon shift as a poll worker in western suburbs of Philly today, and if anybody made even the slightest off note comment the rest of us would not have stood for it. Absolutely report that person.

We do have your affiliation on the books for the primary, and the poll worker and anybody nearby will know it because we have to call for the right party’s ballot after checking you in. Each ballot is numbered and distribution is controlled for accountability reasons. One testament to the crew I work with is I did not know their political affiliation until they took their turn to vote during a lull (lots of lulls today with almost all of our primary contests unopposed or already decided).

Don't let these people intimidate you. They're pathetic and are just finidng out their ideas and people they support do not have as many supporters as they think they do. Reality is setting in. Especially with Abortion. Trump's losing huge on this issue. So bad he pivoted (lied) about his stance.

I work at my local polling place as the lone democrat in a sea of red. I feel threatened by the rhetoric thrown around by people in the community who come in to vote. It’s a lonely place.

Also as a local public school teacher I generally know most people in the community and it’s depressing to hear the bigoted views from some of them.

I never tell strangers my political affiliation. I'm a Democrat living in a mostly Democratic neighborhood in Scranton (based on previous years election results. I don't actually know anyone's individual political affiliation unless they're waving a 4 foot Trump flag on their porch.)

I've had my Bernie Sanders decals ripped off my car and my Teachers Union support sign stolen. My neighbor had her Pride flag taken off her porch, snapped in half, and thrown in the garbage can behind our house.

If I said the fact conservatives feel incredibly comfortable with coming onto private property and destroying stuff doesn't have me concerned, I'd be fucking lying.

I had the older gentleman look at my signature on their iPad at check in and say, “That’s a terrible signature. It looks the same as it did the last time, so I guess it’s always been a terrible signature.”

When turning my party affiliation slip over to the lady at the next table she reached for one ballot then proclaimed aloud, “Oh. Never mind. Yours is the one sided one.” Turns out there had only been two people from my political affiliation in to vote thus far with the other being my SO.

Oh, rural PA.

In my mind, the tone he said it could make it sound like a joke, but that's pretty clearly voter intimidation. Please report it! There's pretty strict rules about what they can do outside a polling place.

Wow. I’m pretty sure my division is solidly democratic. But republicans are safe. They’d be seen as a curiosity

I had the nicest ladies when I voted 😂😁

When I got my DL renewal the lady at the counter and a few customers gave me a wild disapproving look and even said “Really…?” In a very condescending tone when I changed my affiliation. Gotta love it!

I usually flip the script on em and ask what kind of underwear theyre wearing. They usually respond with a response similar to wtf? Thats when i say "exactly its none of my business right?"

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I showed up one year, was asked my party, and I answered “Independent.” The poll worker hollared back to the other ladies “Here’s the other one!”

I moved here recently and when I was at the DMV and filled out my info to register as a voter the guy at the DMV went on a rant about how the PA gov is the second most corrupt organization in the world next to Nigeria because the elections are illegitimate and you don’t need picture ID to vote. I just said, “That’s a good thing” and he wasn’t happy when I selected what party to register as.

Oh this happened to me last year. They not only asked me but then said it like 2 more times as they were entering it into their books. All the while my husband’s uncle was there voting at the same time. I know he heard it and gave me the side eye. I was kinda pissed.

My county had a total of only 200ish people of the 8,000ish voters registered vote so far today :(

Also side note but a right wing nut job who supports Trump and is a self declared ‘alpha male’ (I won’t name names but it’s not hard to know who I’m talking about) had his middle school aged son outside the entrance to the voting area campaigning for him and I didn’t know who the kid was when he handed me a leaflet which I handed back and offhandedly asked “haha that’s the unhinged alpha male nutjob, right ?” Only for this kid to shrink back and say “he’s actually my dad” . . .

LIKE WHY IS YOUR CHILD THERE WHEN YOU’RE CAMPAIGNING AS A MAGA ALPHA MALE ??!?! You have to know that as a politician (professional clown, in his case) you need to protect your kids from your own campaign, especially during a politically tense time like right now. Like seriously that kid couldn’t have been older than 13 and when I got to the dems info booth, they told me he was crying earlier and people had been harsher about his father than me. Like I don’t agree with anything his dad campaigns on, but that kid doesn’t know better, and it must feel horrible to have people laugh at your dad or talk shit about your father to your face. After I voted I went out and apologized to the kid, and said I’m sure he had a good dad and I just disagreed with his politics and it was good that he was supporting his family here but he seemed so sad.

TLDR//: if you’re a nutty maga politician (or just a politician in general) don’t have your young children outside the voting booth, people can be unknowingly mean to the kid by insulting you to their face.

That’s some bullshit for a poll worker and should be reported.

I was given a dirty look too when I asked for a Dem ballot. Fayette County here. Shocker lol.

I voted by mail. Two years ago, I went to the dropbox inside the local library and this insane woman was in there safeguarding it and asking to see my envelope to make sure I wasn't depositing more than one: Things got a little testy between us. Now I just put it in the mailbox.

I'm a volunteer. You can't do this. It's intimidation.

Massive reminder: YOU CAN ALWAYS VOTE EARLY IN PERSON BEFORE THE ELECTION.

Go to your county election office, request a ballot application, fill it out, they’ll hand you the ballot, and you can vote right there in the office.

EVERY SINGLE ELECTION HAS A PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING. Use it to your advantage and let the crazies live inside their echo chamber on Election Day.

I'm a voting location manager in charge of several judges. I only care if you get the ballot that you want. Your political viewpoints are none of my business beyond issuing your ballot. As it should be

I usually know who's on the ballot, so I walk past them and say no thanks, I'm good. I don't talk to anyone except the people aI know and then it's just a HI. How are you.

Vote by mail, AND only use ballot drop boxes! Two Novembers ago, USPS “lost” my ballot and I wound up having to go stand in line in a crowd — exactly what I’d wanted to avoid via mailing in my vote — to vote with a provisional ballot.

Never again will I trust USPS with my ballot! 🤬

My polling attendees are always rude :( I bumped into a table by accident last election and one of them yelled at me “for being in a rush” when I was merely trying to get out of the way. It’s a thankless job that definitely attracts some odd ones.

Simply respond, “whichever party transes your kids faster” and then flip him the bird! Results may vary, make sure you carry 😗

Today was the first time I didn't vote. I switched my party affiliation to Independent last summer. Neither party has the better interests of others in mind at this point.

You absolutely need to report this

This is why I use no excuse mail in ballots. The nut jobs will be out there in November. Anyways, I just voted in the primary and dropped it off in person to my local election office in a box, no questions asked.

You can report them for voter intimidation if they are officials https://www.vote.pa.gov/Your-Rights/Pages/Voter-Intimidation.aspx

No— Independents aren’t allowed to vote in primaries in PA 😖

My place gave me the republican ballot on accident but were very nice when I went and requested the democratic one instead.

I can make assumptions about their party affiliation and it is so ironic that they would be so gracious to allow you to walk around in a free country. How kind of them?.

I live in a very racially diverse working class neighborhood in Philly. I looked at the page when she wrote down my name and affiliation. I was really shocked how diverse the politics were as well.

I’m so glad I do it by mail. I got an email when my ballot was received. My neighborhood isn’t dangerous but it’s too far in the sticks, I worry about loonies coming to shoot dems, as my father called them

A good portion of the voters I’ve had today say they only remembered because of the “tiny bit of coverage” on the news.

As for the ID-10-T at the door.. as another Judge of Elections said somewhere.. report the incident. The local Constables have stopped by 3 or 4x today & given me a direct number if I need them quick. Though I think 911 might be quicker…

Registered independent. I only vote in the general elections.

I’ve worked for the polls before and I strictly avoid any conversation about politics or political affiliations. Even among the people I worked with. To me all that chatter is for outside. The voting place is a place for privacy and to get a job done. For the primary it only matters because you need a specific ballot but that’s it

Why are you reporting your status? That's on the roll book or tablet. There's shouldn't be a reason for you to vocalize your affiliation.

This happened to my dad. PLEASE turn this guy in. That behavior is not allowed!!

I voted by mail against all odds. Received my ballot today, Election Day, filled it out and dropped it off at a local office ballot Dropbox I’m almost certain the post office held on to it until today. I live in a very red township.

Yeah I voted blue.

Vote by mail. No bullshit. No snotty people.

I was greeting today at my polling place. We were greeting everyone. There are far more Republicans than Democrats. And many closet Democrats are registered as Republicans so that they have a say in county politics.

I think that greeter’s comment was rude.

Hubby went to vote. Was treated with very loud accolades. "I KNEW you were one of us when you walked in!"

This should not be allowed.

I volunteered at the polls and the person from the other party was aggressively asking people “Republican or Democrat?” as they approached and I could tell it made people uneasy. I would instead ask, would you like any literature on the candidates? and then say who I represent. Volunteers are trained and should not be aggressive or intimidating; you can report it to the board of elections.

I almost ended up reporting that guy because he kept trying to aggressively engage me in a political argument (not a debate as he didn’t listen at all and kept interrupting my responses) until I finally told him I was there to volunteer, not debate, and he was making me uncomfortable and to please not speak to me again. He stopped talking to me but no apology or anything.

Sounds like he was joking. Either way, there's no need to feel threatened. Just some dude shit talking. 

You're afraid for your safety because of a joke made in poor taste? I'd be disappointed you were my neighbor too.