[Magdalen] Two things I love about Election Eve 2016...

[Grace Cangialosi]

I actually like going to the polls. I think I've only voted absentee three times, and I always felt that I was missing out on something. I did NOT like having all the literature shoved at me as it used to be in Maryland, and a friend used to smuggle me in through the back door so I wouldn't have to run the gauntlet. Doesn't happen here--just one table set up for each party, and no one shoves anything at you.

On Nov 7, 2016, at 11:21 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>>> Voter Registration Number: 43575FG
> This voter’s completed Vote By Mail ballot (or early voting ballot)
> has been received by the Chicago Election Board.<<<
> 
> I am so blest that CA is a virtually all vote-by-mail state.  Monterey County certainly is.  And I love my Elections Dept, not just because I live in the County seat, but because they are so smooth and efficient.  (I'm honestly considering looking into getting hired there, to end my time at the Water Resources Agency.)  On Saturday, when I drove through (yes, drove through) so as to hand in my, Ev's, and Anna's ballots (they're out of state currently), I can only describe the experience as deft.  As I rolled down my window, the temp-hired teenager already saw I was holding three ballots, and handed me my three "I Vetoed" stickers before I'd even put the ballots in her hand.  Talk about training.  And deftness!