How was your election day? You must have had a looong day. Would to be a poll official again? Considering that the average age of poll workers is 72, you must have felt like a kid again.
I think I'd do it again. . .it's not likely to ever be that bad again.
From 7:00 until 1:30 or so, we had lines that never quit. After that, it slowed quite a bit, but never really stopped. The more experienced people had never seen anything like it. There were a fair number of other new poeple working, and some of the procedures were new to everyone. But it went pretty smoothly, all things considered.
I discovered that the large structure that the Korean church down the road has built is *not* a retreat, as most people thought, but an old folks home. Elderly voters with very little English, being helped through the lines by people with at least some (English). A number of folks with canes, walkers or wheelchairs. I was hoping they were all angry voters coming in to vote GWB out. Alas. One lady came in right after back surgery, could barely lean forward far enough to sign her name. All in all, it was inspiring, even if I wasn't so thrilled with the outcome.
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Why am I in this handbasket?
How was your election day? You must have had a looong day. Would to be a poll official again? Considering that the average age of poll workers is 72, you must have felt like a kid again.
Re: Why am I in this handbasket?
From 7:00 until 1:30 or so, we had lines that never quit. After that, it slowed quite a bit, but never really stopped. The more experienced people had never seen anything like it. There were a fair number of other new poeple working, and some of the procedures were new to everyone. But it went pretty smoothly, all things considered.
I discovered that the large structure that the Korean church down the road has built is *not* a retreat, as most people thought, but an old folks home. Elderly voters with very little English, being helped through the lines by people with at least some (English). A number of folks with canes, walkers or wheelchairs. I was hoping they were all angry voters coming in to vote GWB out. Alas. One lady came in right after back surgery, could barely lean forward far enough to sign her name. All in all, it was inspiring, even if I wasn't so thrilled with the outcome.