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No-Spend Day and Election Stuff

March 3rd, 2020 at 01:04 pm

I did my Monday laundry, but other than that it was a no-spend day. I had to be bright and early with the laundry, because the water was turned off at 9 am, and it didn't come back on until mid-afternoon. Some kind of work being done.

I did my early voting, and was surprised and pleased to check in with one of the guys I worked with at the previous election. We caught up a bit, and talked about the new machines. They had numerous voting booths set up with the touchscreens inside, but only a few of them were turned on. They were ready for a crowd, but the crowd wasn't there yet. He said the new machines were posing no problems.

Then I went to the community center where I will be working on election day. I wanted to talk about parking. The person at the front desk told me that the lot wouldn't be monitored on election day, but she gave me a permit anyway. She told me she would be the one to open the building at 5 am, so one chore is done already -- making contact with the door opener at the site.

I have been selected as the administrative judge, as I thought would happen. Also, another judge has been added. She is a little older than I am, and I am not sure what her experience level is. But everyone who is assigned has had training and passed the test.

As the administrative judge, I have responsibility but not power. In other words, I don't decide things, I just make sure that procedures are followed and that everyone is in contact with one another. I am going to send text messages to the others, to begin with, since no one seems to answer phones these days. Whoever doesn't answer the text will get a phone call and a voicemail message.

My next order of business is to arrange to get set up the day before election day with the technician and anyone else who is willing. Otherwise we will have to get it all done before the polls open at 6, and that can be hard to do.

I started reading and reviewing the manual yesterday, and I will keep doing this every day.

This is a lot of work for $235!

Today there is nothing on tap, so it should be relaxing. Only 8 days to go and my $304 is still intact.

4 Responses to “No-Spend Day and Election Stuff”

  1. Lots of Ideas Says:
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    It is a lot of work for $235, but in addition to the cash benefit, you are playing a very important role in insuring that our rights as Americans to a free and fair election remain in place.

    There is a lot of concern about the Senate not funding election security (and I think that they should!) but I take a lot of comfort in the fact that people like you are putting in the time and effort to make the polls run smoothly. We are all responsible for the quality of our government!

    And with that, I live in a Super Tuesday state so I better get going and vote!

  2. Dido Says:
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    I agree, thanks to you and people like you for making sure the system operates as it should!

  3. My English Castle Says:
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    I'm always grateful to the poll workers. Thanks, CB!

  4. CB in the City Says:
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    Thanks, guys!

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