Election workers go the distance to ensure accurate results; Second Amendment just fine as it is – March 3 letters to …

Poll workers ensure reliable vote totals

In his Feb. 28 letter Richard Eime complains about the honesty and accuracy of the voting process and the poor choices available among the Republican candidates. I would like to address the first issue; I cant offer any comfort with the second.

I work in an election poll in Easton. The 14-hour Election Day starts at least a half hour before the polls open at 7 a.m. and extends more than a half hour after they close at 8 p.m.

After years of doing this I can assure Eime that I have never seen a single case of votes being counted unfairly. Northampton Countys touch-screen voting machines are not easily manipulated. They print out vote totals on paper tapes at the end of the day that are just as believable and more legible than the paper printouts from the old mechanical machines. The numbers are checked by the poll workers and poll watchers representing both political parties as well as candidates.

Eimes cynical comments are based on ignorance. If he can obtain a watchers certificate for his polling place in Pen Argyl and observe the process after the polls close, he may develop new respect for the hard- working crew that treats every vote as important, including his.

ANNE M. HOGENBOOM Easton

Students cant afford birth control? Get a job

Recently Sandra Fluke, a law student at Georgetown University, testified before House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi about contraception. She indicated she can look at the faces of women on her campus and detect anxiety and distress. She claims these maladies are born of the fact these women cannot afford any form of birth control.

I would suggest they get part-time jobs, or better yet put the onus on the male partner to pony up for condoms.

Her testimony leads me to feel she wants all of us to fund her protection so she and her fellow students can pursue this lifestyle unencumbered by any monetary worries that may distract from their studies.

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