Poll workers poorly trained and paid  These workers, of average
age 72, have to handle long lines and new technology.
Associated Press Published February 24, 2008  When things go
awry at the voting booth, as they have several times in this
hectic primary season, much of the blame often falls on ill-
trained poll workers who are paid a pittance.  And there have
been some head-scratching moments: While folks in Washington
were waiting hours to vote under record turnout Feb. 12, poll
workers hid electronic voting machines because they didn't like
the touch screen devices. On Super Tuesday in Chicago, poll
workers passed out pens meant for e-voting machines. When those
instruments made no mark on paper ballots, election workers said
they were full of invisible ink - an explanation that was upheld
by on-site precinct judges.  While some of these snafus defy
logic, many can be pinned on poor training, experts say.  "We're
running the most important part of our democracy on the backs of
untrained, poorly paid volunt