Reply #5: I'm an election judge for my precinct. [View All]

[scarletwoman]

We are SOOOOOO tiny, and so far out in the boonies, I really don't anticipate any problems. Everybody pretty much knows everybody else, and people are by in large really mellow with each other.

I'm a little unhappy that I've been scheduled for the early part of the day, rather than the evening -- including the ballot counting part. But I've already done the primary election with the same ladies, and it seems to me that all the judges for our precinct are good-hearted, honest women. (yes, all women -- no surprise there...)

I will probably take a break after my shift is done, and then come back and hang out during the evening voting (which is my right). There's little evidence of rabid partisanship up this way. No one's signs have been stolen or messed with, and no one seems to be wildly frothing at the mouth about the election. This area seems to be the essence of old-fashioned Minnesota -- polite disagreement without rancor. I feel quite confident that nothing ugly will be happening here.

sw