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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Dead Man Voting...
No, not really.... honest...
Today I was a clerk at a polling location. First time to do something like that. Very cool, experience.
Got there way too early in the morning. Helped get stuff set up, then, the doors opened and HERE COME THE VOTERS. We had a line out the door at 7am, and it didn't let up until after 8:30am. Then there was a lull... a lull that never quite ended... we ended up with a little over 450 voters for the day... not bad... not bad at all.
There wasn't too much out of the ordinary... well, except for the dead guy... Here's the story... guy comes in to vote. His wife is on the roll, he's not. Quick call to county, and we find out - he can't vote 'cause he's dead! Well... he's quite alive. His father (same name, same county) can't quite say the same thing. County took the wrong guy off the roll. So, they fix the problem, and he votes. All is well once again.
Not many problems... mostly people coming to the wrong polling location- easy to fix.
All in all a good day. Just to words now... Go, Bush!!!
Oh, yeah, and if the precinct judge is reading this- Hi, Mike!
UPDATE: I forgot to tell you about the woman who came in around 9am, IN LABOR. Yup, her contractions were 10 minutes apart, and I guess she came in to vote on her way to the hospital. She looked uncomfortable, but determined. (Later, we decided that she probably should have taken advantage of early voting, but... that was her call.) We gave her an extra "I voted!" sticker for her to put in the baby book. Happy birthday, Little One!
Today I was a clerk at a polling location. First time to do something like that. Very cool, experience.
Got there way too early in the morning. Helped get stuff set up, then, the doors opened and HERE COME THE VOTERS. We had a line out the door at 7am, and it didn't let up until after 8:30am. Then there was a lull... a lull that never quite ended... we ended up with a little over 450 voters for the day... not bad... not bad at all.
There wasn't too much out of the ordinary... well, except for the dead guy... Here's the story... guy comes in to vote. His wife is on the roll, he's not. Quick call to county, and we find out - he can't vote 'cause he's dead! Well... he's quite alive. His father (same name, same county) can't quite say the same thing. County took the wrong guy off the roll. So, they fix the problem, and he votes. All is well once again.
Not many problems... mostly people coming to the wrong polling location- easy to fix.
All in all a good day. Just to words now... Go, Bush!!!
Oh, yeah, and if the precinct judge is reading this- Hi, Mike!
UPDATE: I forgot to tell you about the woman who came in around 9am, IN LABOR. Yup, her contractions were 10 minutes apart, and I guess she came in to vote on her way to the hospital. She looked uncomfortable, but determined. (Later, we decided that she probably should have taken advantage of early voting, but... that was her call.) We gave her an extra "I voted!" sticker for her to put in the baby book. Happy birthday, Little One!
