Seniors in Independence Heights deal with uncertainty
10:30 a.m.: Lack of visible campaign signs and unfamiliar poll workers are deterring senior citizens from voting at Independence Heights, Tanya Debose, a local community advocate, said.
"People in our community are used to seeing campaign signs," Debose said. "The people who are working the polls are not from the community. Our senior citizens are feeling very afraid this may not be the poll that they can vote at anymore."
Something as simple as not having campaign signs visible at polling locations can be intimidating to people who are used to being able to go to polls at their grandchildren's schools.
Rev. Jerome Nickerson said he's "angry and frustrated" about what's going on in his community, including Kennedy Elementary not having campaign or direction signs in front of the building at 10:30 a.m.
"First of all (senior voters) couldn't find which door to go in," Nickerson said.
Nickerson suggested the voters go to another precinct in the community, but they told him Kennedy Elementary was the only precinct they were allowed to vote at. When the reverend asked the precinct judge at Independence Heights Park about this, he told him that people could vote anywhere.
"So I don't know what's going on," Nickerson said.
— by Jonathan Limehouse
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