Yesterday was Election Day (Did you vote?). My sister and I decided to be part of the process this year. We were book judges. These are the folks that greet you and check to see if you are eligible to vote at that polling station. Hard to do when you cannot ask for proof of ID.
Being an election judge is not a job for everyone. The day was long, 10.5 hours were we served. You feel cut off (no electronic communication, no entertainment, only non political conversation with mostly strangers) from the rest of the world.
Voter turn out was disappointing (888 out of a possible 1872). The attitude of the other judges was more disappointing (could not wait for the day to end, frustrated by voters coming early or late). When did it become such a hardship to help our country do what over a 1 billion people in countries around the world only dream about.
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