"The Republicans talk about there being a sample ballot," he said.

Students who vote will have to prove it by bringing in sample ballots available at polling places and writing short essays.

People came holding sample ballots and their registration cards.

Nearly 30 percent of the respondents said they were unable to see the sample ballot, a requirement for polling places.

But the people who have come to depend on you will still expect your advice in marking their sample ballots.

Voters who had studied the sample ballot in the days before the election said it didn't help much anyway.

In one county, the official sample ballot got the law wrong.

Mark your sample ballot ahead of time and bring it with you.

He added that sample ballots and machine ballots were the last to be printed, usually a few weeks before the election.

San Francisco, officials plan to set up express lanes for those who bring completed sample ballots.