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

[cady soukup]

Voted in very rural Virginia. I handed in vote # 188 (out of a
possible ~1000 in our district of our very low population county).
It's at a local fire hall - there must have been at least 30 vehicles
parked there, high-traffic for our area.

No evidence of Trump supporter/observers at the polling place.

Your report from a beautiful section of USA fly-over country,

Cady

On 11/8/16, 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!
>> >
>