Election issues in Park Merced

Voters eager to vote who chose not to vote early or by mail flocked to polling places across the city on March 5, Election Day, but some encountered unnecessary obstacles. In Park Merced, some of those obstacles seem to have been racially motivated. by Daphne Young  When retired educator Virginia Marshall showed up to vote on Super Tuesday, she was surprised to find the front doors to 150 Font St., a polling location in Park Merced, to be locked. “I always vote at the same place,” said Marshall,” and I was surprised that the door was closed and locked.” Marshall says after knocking for a while, someone finally came to the door. She was allowed in and once inside she challenged the five poll workers who were at that location. “The doors shouldn’t be locked,” said Marshall. And, eventually an argument ensued. Marshall said she didn’t feel welcome by the five poll workers. As an African American woman, she said she noticed as others entered, all white, they were greeted with “Hello” and “Good morning.” To make matters worse, once Marshall finished voting, she went to put her ballot into the scanner, but one of her ballots wouldn’t go through....