RE: At The Polls
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I'm surprised they actually let you take photos. In my country (Romania) photographing inside the voting area is strictly forbidden and gives you jail time if you do.
Nice shots!
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Rules here vary from state to state. Some places actually encourage people to monitor polling with video.
The reason for so strict rules here is, there were cases when people were paid to vote for a certain candidate and got paid after voting, but they had to show proof, which was a photo of the voting paper. Voting here happens behind curtains, so they could do that, but if you're caught, that means jail. I hope no one is so stupid to risk their freedom for a few bucks.
People in America risk their freedom for a lot less than a few bucks. That's why we have the largest prison population in the world.
Terrible 🙁
That one's more on politicians than people, our crime rates aren't much different from similar countries but our punishment schemes certainly are.
There's some restrictions on shooting inside polling places here, but it's mostly centered on the ballots and not taking anything that could be construed as proof for vote buying. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten at least some access inside to shoot but I played it safe with these and actually shot everything from outside with a zoom lens. Did take a few inside with my phone but forgot about those when I was putting this together.
Thank you! :)