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

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, I thought it was 40'. We were at least that far away.

> On Nov 8, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:
> 
> My quick Google suggests that Virginia law bans activities within 40
> feet of each entrance to the polling place, and allows some latitude for
> a couple of exceptions (including where you enter from another building,
> or if putting the 40' zone outside the building would hinder or delay a
> voter from entering or leaving the building).
> 
> Kristin
> 
> -- 
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Portsmouth, VA
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Kate Conant wrote:
>> Grace,
>> 
>> Why are there tables set up for each party?  Here in WV there is no
>> electioneering within 300 feet of the polls.  (None at Blue Ridge
>> Elementary today!)
>> 
>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
>> walk
>> humbly with your God?"
>> Micah 6:8
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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!
>>>