I too duly exercised my rights as a citizen. For, as has been said downthread, all the good it did me. There were lines at my voting place too, for a number of reasons: the new maps, and people explaining them to the map-impaired (waves hand); the necessity of explaining the ballot -- single new bit for the Senatorial race, don't vote in this blocked-off bit -- oh, man, did I ever have an overwhelming primal urge to vote for Wellstone even if it would have invalidated the ballot -- the School Board is on the back of the first page, don't forget it; the second page is all judges, you don't have to vote in every race but it's great if you do. Then you had to hand the Senatorial piece of paper to an election judge and then run the rest of the ballot through the scanning machine. We had only one, like Peg.
Also they had run out of folders for the ballots (Raphael got a couple of sheets of cardboard taped together, with "Folder" written on it, though not in crayon) and they had run out of I Voted stickers, which inclines me to believe that turnout was higher than anticipated, which would also slow things down. I thought everybody working there did a great job, though. I just wish the voters had done a greater one. For my local value of "greater." Wah.
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Date: 2002-11-06 11:24 am (UTC)Also they had run out of folders for the ballots (Raphael got a couple of sheets of cardboard taped together, with "Folder" written on it, though not in crayon) and they had run out of I Voted stickers, which inclines me to believe that turnout was higher than anticipated, which would also slow things down. I thought everybody working there did a great job, though. I just wish the voters had done a greater one. For my local value of "greater." Wah.
Pamela