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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (159300)	9/16/2003 11:41:55 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

We use them too, but it doesn't cover it. The city of Roswell, for example, has 20 polling locations. 8 are schools, 1 is a community center, 1 is a city building and 10 are churches. 6 schools are not used as polling places, but even if they were, Roswell would still be short. And personally, I'd prefer that thousands of people were NOT traipsing around my kids' school just to vote. Churches are convenient and there's usually nothing else going on at them on the first Tuesday of November, especially during voting hours. Maybe a Cub Scout meeting or two needs rescheduling, but that's about it. BTW, what's the big deal? Are some voters afraid they'll burst into flames or drop dead if they step onto some church's grounds to commit the secular act of voting? Tell 'em they don't put the voting machines in the sanctuary - it's usually in a gym or activity center. You know, where we hold our bingo nights. ;-)