Last Tuesday, I was poll-watching in the Democratic primary race in the NY state senate district of Pedro Espada. He’s the one who staged the coup in the state senate by switching to the Republican party earlier this year. The voters threw him out by a decisive margin, which is great news. But what made this instance of poll-watching most interesting for me was the long conversations I had with a police officer who was stationed there from 5:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
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