Opinion
Surprised by the new requirement at the voting table that the volunteer call the Recorder’s Office to verify my name and address before I could be given a ballot. Naturally a loss to privacy as the poll worker speaks on their cell phone in the voting room for anyone to hear.
Not enough that my name and address are printed in the registration book and I have presented myself as the eligible resident. Funny peculiar that no picture ID is required to vote, but without a cell connection to a third party I would not be allowed to cast a ballot in person.
John Haines
Crescent City