Yota
February 6th, 2008, 12:37 AM
WHAT IT WAS:
Mine was extremely informal and there were a lot of my neighbors there, which made it fun. From my precinct, which I believe is quite tiny, we had 35 people show up. There were 3 other precincts meeting simultaneously, each divided up at different tables in an elementary school. Total votes were probably just shy of 200 total from all precincts.
The precinct captain first read some preliminary stuff from a script that explained what we needed to get done.
Then we did the presidential straw poll (Romney won in walk from all 4 precincts that met at that school - like 150 to 35 (McCain) to a 10 (Huck).
Then we had to choose a precinct committee. NO ONE would volunteer. Eventually a couple people stepped up and we elected them.
Then we elected delegates to the Douglas County assembly or whatever it's called. A few people volunteered for that, one of which (who had been quiet all night) had worked for in the White House for 2 presidents and had been a staffer for Sen. Allard. Wow. She was elected easily. Oh and she was wearing a sweet sweatshirt that just said "REAGAN." That was enough for me to vote for her. :D
Then they needed election judges. Since that is NOT a party function, I volunteered. This is the job where you sit there all day and help dumbasses figure out how to use the ballots. I'm so sick of going in to vote and seeing some poor octogenarian in there running around trying to look names up or trying to help the dolts figure out the ballot. So I decided to let gramps have a rest. And I swear that if they let me work an election there will not be one damn person who can legitimately claim not to have understood the fawking ballot.
WHAT IT WASN'T
A party ra-ra festival dominated by activists. It was not that at all. Just a bunch of people who came to vote.
Mine was extremely informal and there were a lot of my neighbors there, which made it fun. From my precinct, which I believe is quite tiny, we had 35 people show up. There were 3 other precincts meeting simultaneously, each divided up at different tables in an elementary school. Total votes were probably just shy of 200 total from all precincts.
The precinct captain first read some preliminary stuff from a script that explained what we needed to get done.
Then we did the presidential straw poll (Romney won in walk from all 4 precincts that met at that school - like 150 to 35 (McCain) to a 10 (Huck).
Then we had to choose a precinct committee. NO ONE would volunteer. Eventually a couple people stepped up and we elected them.
Then we elected delegates to the Douglas County assembly or whatever it's called. A few people volunteered for that, one of which (who had been quiet all night) had worked for in the White House for 2 presidents and had been a staffer for Sen. Allard. Wow. She was elected easily. Oh and she was wearing a sweet sweatshirt that just said "REAGAN." That was enough for me to vote for her. :D
Then they needed election judges. Since that is NOT a party function, I volunteered. This is the job where you sit there all day and help dumbasses figure out how to use the ballots. I'm so sick of going in to vote and seeing some poor octogenarian in there running around trying to look names up or trying to help the dolts figure out the ballot. So I decided to let gramps have a rest. And I swear that if they let me work an election there will not be one damn person who can legitimately claim not to have understood the fawking ballot.
WHAT IT WASN'T
A party ra-ra festival dominated by activists. It was not that at all. Just a bunch of people who came to vote.