I haven't had to vote in a church yet (though I have seen local churches with "vote here" signs on election day before), but I have had to vote in a Knights of Columbus (Catholic fraternity for those that don't know) building,…
I agree this is pretty ridiculous. I had to vote inside of a church once. It was unpleasant.
I'm happy to live in Oregon now, where voting is done by mail. :)
My understanding is that voting can ne held in churches, provided they remove or cover all items related to their church (crosses and whatnot). Additionally, they cannot put up signs or posters or update their marquee with any issues- or…
Here in good ol' north Cackalacky, I have noticed in past elections, presidential and otherwise, that voting polls are being set up in churches. Am I the only one who thinks this is in direct violation of seperation of church and state?
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Welcome, Eric. I haven't been a member for very long, and I haven't had much of a chance to take a look around, but it's both heartening and exhilarating to find a place where we can engage people who think like us. By the way, I haven't seen any activity at all on the Cape Fear group's page. Later on...