Friday, November 11, 2011
Voting Day
Last week I was part of the process. I worked as an election judge. This election was definitely not a major one. Only one person was running for city council, and then there was the school board. Even though decisions the school board makes will influence the next generation of children, no one bothers to educate themselves on the candidates. So I worked 15 hours that day and we had a grand total of 85 voters. But while we were not being busy, my coworkers at the poll were a little questionable. One older lady had to have been high on something, or maybe she was wearing too many nicotine patches. She was literally bouncing off the walls, dancing, singing. And one of the others was urging her on, all the while telling awful jokes and making puns out of everything. It was a very long day.
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Congrats on serving as an election judge, Gloria. I noticed the same thing in our voting precinct, very quiet, and not many voters. Trish and I have tried to prepare for school board elections by gleaning what is available in the Pioneer Press. Sometimes it is helpful, sometimes, not. Maybe voters think the state and federal have all the control anyway. Or, maybe they're just lazy. But, some of those board members shouldn't be running an animal shelter, much less, our children's education!
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