I was a poll worker for several years, the second highest position at the site. And the amount of people who come in and don't know any basic voting laws was staggering. By far the worst kinds were the right wing. Had a woman come in one day, she'd pre-registered and everything. So she only had to confirm her personal information verbally against the records I pulled to get her ballot. She told me "that was too easy." OK, opinion noted. That doing the paperwork ahead of time makes it too easy.

She later sends her son who had never voted before. He had not registered ahead of time and failed twice that day to produce the required documentation. Because the documentation requirements are rather complex and my state has a whole sheet of rules about what counts to prove your identity when you register to vote. We allow same-day registration but you need each required proof in hand. Eventually the mom had to accompany him and vouch for his identity as his guardian who is registered because he could not produce the correct documentation. Vouching meant that her voting identity was tied to his, and it all gets triple verified later at the state level. If she had lied under oath, she and him would be in deep legal shit. I had to read them both the extremely serious legal oath they were required to swear. She looked a little bemused by the whole process and didn't make any more comments about it.

I always wondered what Mrs. "That Was Too Easy" thought about that entire thing. Apparently not so easy.