How much do you want to bet that all the polling locations in “Right leaning” districts opened on time.
“He said only about 70 of the 103 technicians contracted to set up the machines at individual polling sites showed up.”
In that case the County should only pay the contractor 68% of the agreed contract price.
If there was NOT a “penalty clause” for non-performance in the contract, whoever negotiated it should be fired.
A spokeswoman for the recorder, Sophia Solis, said she was not releasing the contractor’s name.
Why not?
Fontes said he learned of the issue around 2 p.m. Monday and realized by the evening that it “was going to be a real problem.” He said only about 70 of the 103 technicians contracted to set up the machines at individual polling sites showed up.
Apparently the actual year’s advance notice on the date this work would be required was not adequate.
WTF? Let me guess - could not find enough undocumented aliens Monday to fulfill the contract.
Well, the contractor went to all the Home Depots in town but ICE had scared away all the day-workers.
Unless the contractor ends up under criminal investigation for interfering with an election, this is one of the many reasons why outsourcing government work is a really bad idea.
Yes, I was only half kidding
Elections should NOT be this complicated to run. It seems like Republicans just want broken/insecure election systems in order to maintain power.
Uncle Vladdy strikes again…