I really appreciate the observation that perhaps the anger and division we hear so much about is not so prevalent, that perhaps most of us do indeed strive to be neighborly and understanding. Easy to forget in today's online climate!!
Thanks for the peak behind the curtain. On voting days in our little town, the poll workers are generally the same faithful oldsters who know almost everybody by name. It’s always peaceful, there’s a soft murmur from neighbors talking about the weather or the flow of the river. Just a lot of regular folks quietly going about doing democracy.
In 2016, I also took the training under our county clerk. It is a very small polling place but that year it was the busiest I've ever seen it. I remember one guy who had to file a provisional ballot because our judge was unable to find his registration. He looked like he had not been out of the woods in years. I also remember the woman who came in with a Trump t-shirt glowing about the rally he had in nearby Cape Girardeau the night before. I haven't served since - first there was the pandemic. I was the only Democrat there and so I did think it was important.
Ah! Democracy in action! Thanks for sharing this event with us, Mark. Well-remembered and well-written. I have been voting in Central California for over 40 years and don't remember any problem ever at our polling places, for what it is worth. Most of the poll workers, though not of the same party, are my neighbors.
Thanks, Mark. I've been a poll worker on three occasions and had similar reactions ... well thought out process and rather uneventful days that made me proud to be part of democracy in action. I wish everyone could read your post and understand how difficult it would be to have a major voting fraud.
If there is any glitches in the system, it happens before election day when precincts are gerrymandered and voter rolls "adjusted."
This was so entertaining (and also educational) to read! Poor woman with the gum 😅 (It’s good she doesn’t chew snuff, like our rural Georgia neighbor who spit it at us as we came up her walk 😱😂) Creative types who volunteer to do less creative administrative type stuff and make it creative and human, and then make it more creative by writing about it, are the best, kudos to you and your wife!
I really appreciate the observation that perhaps the anger and division we hear so much about is not so prevalent, that perhaps most of us do indeed strive to be neighborly and understanding. Easy to forget in today's online climate!!
Such a wholesome way of people watching! Very sweet observations.
Thanks for the peak behind the curtain. On voting days in our little town, the poll workers are generally the same faithful oldsters who know almost everybody by name. It’s always peaceful, there’s a soft murmur from neighbors talking about the weather or the flow of the river. Just a lot of regular folks quietly going about doing democracy.
Excellent nark
In 2016, I also took the training under our county clerk. It is a very small polling place but that year it was the busiest I've ever seen it. I remember one guy who had to file a provisional ballot because our judge was unable to find his registration. He looked like he had not been out of the woods in years. I also remember the woman who came in with a Trump t-shirt glowing about the rally he had in nearby Cape Girardeau the night before. I haven't served since - first there was the pandemic. I was the only Democrat there and so I did think it was important.
Ah! Democracy in action! Thanks for sharing this event with us, Mark. Well-remembered and well-written. I have been voting in Central California for over 40 years and don't remember any problem ever at our polling places, for what it is worth. Most of the poll workers, though not of the same party, are my neighbors.
Thanks, Mark. I've been a poll worker on three occasions and had similar reactions ... well thought out process and rather uneventful days that made me proud to be part of democracy in action. I wish everyone could read your post and understand how difficult it would be to have a major voting fraud.
If there is any glitches in the system, it happens before election day when precincts are gerrymandered and voter rolls "adjusted."
This was so entertaining (and also educational) to read! Poor woman with the gum 😅 (It’s good she doesn’t chew snuff, like our rural Georgia neighbor who spit it at us as we came up her walk 😱😂) Creative types who volunteer to do less creative administrative type stuff and make it creative and human, and then make it more creative by writing about it, are the best, kudos to you and your wife!