Tuesday morning I was early for my 13.5 hour day manning the voting machines at precinct 10-02 with four complete strangers...all of whom were old enough to be my mom.
Thirty-three people voted, including our election officer in charge. I loved every minute of it...including the overly available nap time (which slightly made up for my due-to-excitement lack of sleep), attempting several crossword puzzles, undoing a 1/2 completed scarf that I eventually restarted from scratch, and had a lot of odd and wonderful conversation with my co-poll workers and voters.
Our supervisor was a wonderful and patient lady who helped us newbies through the process and walked us through the very few glitches we encountered. From what we heard, we were totally on top of our game, especially in comparison to one of the other precincts nearby.
During one of our slumps in voter turnout, we had a mildly heated debate about the Affordable Care Act. Kind of thinking my opposition in that one was one of the Republicans in the room. I, apparently, was one of the Democrats. The best part was after the debate ended...in my deciding to stop responding to the flimsy arguments and stories...and one of the other poll workers shoot me a look and smirked while telling me to be good, that she knew what I was thinking. My subtle partner in political savvy.
The long day was worth the experience, and the new friendships. Can't wait to do it again in August and November, and hopefully for many years to come.
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