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

[Grace Cangialosi]

From a beautiful, *progressive* section of the country...

> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:13 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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!
>>