Ohio

was a precinct inspector (like a VLM where you are), I had one real obnoxious observer (guess which party...) who wandered around the room, peered over election workers' shoulders, chatted up voters standing in line, and generally made a nuisance of himself if not flat out disrupting the process. If he had touched any of the paperwork, or the ballots, or gone over to the ballot-marking privacy booths, I would have had him thrown out then and there.

But I got permission from the elections department to use 3-inch blue painters tape to mark off a 5-foot by 5-foot square, put a folding chair in it, and told the guy the sit in the chair and not move. He was perfectly capable of "observing" from that location and if he had an concerns or requests, he could ask me. Had to do the same for the Democratic observer but she had no objection after watching her counterpart's "moran" antics.

I didn't work last election cycle, after the county consolidated the individual precincts into voting centers and they have more Democrats that are willing to work elections than Republicans. (And I'm conflicted as to whether that's a bad thing.... )

Anyway, thank you thank you thank you!