What happens when ballots get repo'ed? The Columbus Packet reported on Facebook:
Columbus woke up to an election fiasco on Tuesday morning when voters at The First Assembly precinct found no ballots waiting for them. The polling station opened at 7:00 a.m., but instead of casting votes, puzzled election workers were left staring at empty tables and fielding a barrage of questions. Here’s the usual drill: ballots, affidavits, and other election essentials are sealed in a box at the municipal complex by 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. the night before. A designated poll manger picks up the box, keeps it secure overnight, and delivers it to the precinct by 6:00 a.m.—well ahead of the opening bell. Straightforward, in theory. But not this time. Something went awry with the poll manager assigned to First Assembly. According to unconfirmed reports, the ballots may have been left in his brother’s car overnight—only for that car to be repossessed in the early morning hours. Now, the ballots, still locked in their sealed box, are reportedly sitting in a towed vehicle somewhere in Northport, Alabama, while Columbus officials and voters scramble to cope. Brenda Williams, the city’s election chief, is probably in full crisis mode. Meanwhile, county elections avoid this chaos by handling ballot pickups and drop-offs on the morning of the vote. Maybe Columbus should’ve borrowed that playbook. No update yet on how they’ll fix this—or how many voters will ditch the line in frustration. One thing’s clear: April 1, 2025, has kicked off this election season with a bang. More to come.
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"A designated poll MANGER picks up the box..." Manager?
Really now! How would they stuff the ballot boxes if they were secure until the polls opened?
Gotta love those Democrats. They can't get anything right.
Sounds like a Jackson/Hinds County election fiasco. What's so hard about getting this right, every time?
The vehicle was repo'd. Ballot boxes in vehicle. I hate to say it, but I just started laughing. What in the world are the odds on that one.
https://cdispatch.com/news/ballot-box-lost-in-car-repossession-causes-columbus-precinct-to-open-a-half-hour-late/
Receiving and returning managers taking ballots home the night before an election is standard practice, with boxes going home with poll workers for all 13 Columbus precincts Monday night, both Parker and Garrett confirmed. City Clerk Lesa Hardin confirmed Starkville sent ballots home with poll workers Monday to deliver to the city’s seven precincts Tuesday morning without issue.
Election workers in Columbus make $200 on election day, plus $30 for each day of training. Garrett said the election worker was working the polls at First Assembly on Tuesday and will be paid for the day.
Parker, however, spoke to the training they all received.
“We train them on how they are not supposed to let this box out of their sight,” she said. “They’re supposed to bring it in their house and take care of it and bring it back at 6 in the morning.”
They're not supposed to sleep, take the ballots into the bathrooom with them while they do whatever...
WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG WITH THIS CONCEPT? (Other than what apparently already happened today)
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This should make the National News. BREAKING NEWS: Only in Mississippi could ballots be repo'ed.
All I can say is hahahahahahahahahaha, uhm, as I was saying, hahahahahahaha
If a person went to college to learn how to write comedies no way could they dream this up...
Butt Head:
"Hey Beavis... uh.. uh .. what's up in Columbus" ?
Beavis:
" uh .... Columbus and McComb are trying to be like Jackson.
Huh Huh Huh".
Park the car down the street at Auntie house like Pookie does when he’s behind with payments, I said, but, nooOOOooooo, you wouldn’t listen.
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