Maria

Not only that... The way they distribute amongst the two tables is by age. So this I had never seen before, that suddenly on one table they have everyone over 57. So why that matters is because suddenly, if you don't have people that are of mixed ages, suddenly one table, if everyone is over 57, the voting time goes from one minute to like five minutes or more.

So it was just like the slow poke table.

So it was just like the slow poke table.

You know, I could not actually intervene as a strategy in any way because my role was to be a witness. But what I could do and what I was doing, I was complaining and complaining and complaining. And, you know, saying, hurry up, hurry up. Oh, my God. These people, they put all the older adults here. We need to hurry up. But the strategy was to then...

You know, I could not actually intervene as a strategy in any way because my role was to be a witness. But what I could do and what I was doing, I was complaining and complaining and complaining. And, you know, saying, hurry up, hurry up. Oh, my God. These people, they put all the older adults here. We need to hurry up. But the strategy was to then...

tell all the pedros, all the monitors, or tell my pedro on the outside, this is what's happening. They put all the older people in one line. Please tell them to be patient.

tell all the pedros, all the monitors, or tell my pedro on the outside, this is what's happening. They put all the older people in one line. Please tell them to be patient.

And, you know, telling him, I need you to pay attention and I need you to be on top of things. He directs himself toward me and says, señora, please stop talking to me that way. You can't talk to me that way. And then there was one point that it got so tense that he turned around and said, what you're going to cause with all your complaining is that we close down the voting center.

And, you know, telling him, I need you to pay attention and I need you to be on top of things. He directs himself toward me and says, señora, please stop talking to me that way. You can't talk to me that way. And then there was one point that it got so tense that he turned around and said, what you're going to cause with all your complaining is that we close down the voting center.

And then I turned around and looked at him and said, then close it. For big issues, you need big remedies. You need to close it. And you know what? You will know that you closed it, it's on you because you were not able to control the situation.

And then I turned around and looked at him and said, then close it. For big issues, you need big remedies. You need to close it. And you know what? You will know that you closed it, it's on you because you were not able to control the situation.

So when you asked her, when you asked me, when you asked Maria, is this normal for you? She said, Pedro laughs because this is purely a part of who I am. You know, I come from a very humble place and a place where like, if you don't have a voice and you don't speak up, you don't move ahead. But I will say that my compañera, the other witness from the other table, she was scared for me.

So when you asked her, when you asked me, when you asked Maria, is this normal for you? She said, Pedro laughs because this is purely a part of who I am. You know, I come from a very humble place and a place where like, if you don't have a voice and you don't speak up, you don't move ahead. But I will say that my compañera, the other witness from the other table, she was scared for me.

She was trying to tell me to calm down. She's like, oh, my God, they're going to close the centro because you're speaking up too much. And, you know, I had to be very vocal and be like, que lo cierren, they should close it. So speaking that way to a soldier is no small thing. But I felt like I had to, that it was my job.

She was trying to tell me to calm down. She's like, oh, my God, they're going to close the centro because you're speaking up too much. And, you know, I had to be very vocal and be like, que lo cierren, they should close it. So speaking that way to a soldier is no small thing. But I felt like I had to, that it was my job.

It was also good that I had my Pedro outside and that he was, you know, that allowed me to feel a certain confidence that I'm sure not every witness felt.

It was also good that I had my Pedro outside and that he was, you know, that allowed me to feel a certain confidence that I'm sure not every witness felt.

And only this bureaucrat person can handle the machine. So the one assigned to our voting booth was very, you know, she was very professional, very technical. She didn't have opinions, doing her job. So from 6 to 7 p.m., basically the bureaucrat is in charge of the machine, right? So what that means is that everyone's tired. No one is fighting anymore. The tension is like, it's like a release.

And only this bureaucrat person can handle the machine. So the one assigned to our voting booth was very, you know, she was very professional, very technical. She didn't have opinions, doing her job. So from 6 to 7 p.m., basically the bureaucrat is in charge of the machine, right? So what that means is that everyone's tired. No one is fighting anymore. The tension is like, it's like a release.

There's nothing to do. There's nothing to fight about. It's just the bureaucrat and the machine working. So that takes, let's say, an hour or two. And then the aberration begins. Suddenly, you know, the bureaucrat is sitting there and it's like, oh, we can't transmit the data. It's the signal the machine can't process and transmit the data. It's the signal, it's the signal.