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0 pointsjakelazaroff5y ago0 comments

> "The intention behind the rules" is a thing that lives in your imagination. It cannot be quantified. That's the point of having written rules.

The intention is important because not all rules can be quantified. Language is subjective and words are often ambiguous.

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thedream5y ago· 2 in thread

It's almost as if someone anticipated this phenomenon and created a section in the guidelines to further clarify and provide examples of disallowed behavior...

jakelazaroffOP5y ago

Clarification and examples do not make an inherently qualitative thing quantifiable.

thedream5y ago

Indeed. So when a poll worker deviates from the stated rules, it necessitates investigating why that happened (and deciding if such a deviation was proper).

What an amazing coincidence it is that this poll worker just so happened to deviate from the guidelines in a way that aligns with their admitted personal opinions and biases!

If you believe (ab)using language to conflate "political party" with "political entity" is proper, does that belief extend to the other 51 cases of "political party" found in the guidelines? Or just the single case that aligns with your biases?

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