My county, my precinct went for Harris, BUT MY STATE WENT FOR TRUMP. By over 100,000 so unless there's massive fraud this isn't changing.
Miss Kitty and I waited and voted on election day, which I think everyone who can should do. It's part of the social interaction that should take place amongst citizens as they meet up to vote. Case in point. Local news stopped 3 ladies leaving the early voting polls last week and ask them how it went. All three said they were surprised by the constitutional questions on the ballot. They had no idea these questions were going to be there. Maybe if they had waited, gone to vote in their local precinct on election day, they might have run into friends and neighbors and just maybe they might had discussed these things before they went in and, probably, blindly voted.
SO HOW WAS OUR EXPERIENCE YOU ASK?
Turns out it was like being sucked into a vacuum. The poll workers were so anxious to have move it along I felt rushed, even though it wasn't busy. To which end I took time to thank each worker and to chit chat about the process and how their day was going. 5 minutes from stepping in the front door until our vote was submitted. We spent almost 30 minutes chatting with workers, friends and neighbors as well as random voters coming in and out. No waiting. And here's why.
Our precinct had 2,968 registered voters. From the precinct captain I learn 58% had voted early. Which accounts for 1,720 ballots. I had predicted a 75% turnout but it was actually 88% which means of the 2,600 votes cast ONLY 880 people voted in person. That amounts to an average of 73/hr or slightly more than than 1 a minute. Talking with one of the 3 intake workers we figured she could handle about 1 person a minute. There were 3 intake stations and I learned there was a spare on the captain's table just in case. Also 6 polling stations and a spare or two off to the side. So it was a slow but steady stream. A little rushed when they opened and at lunch hour, and probably at closing. Schools were out, but it was teacher work day and were given time off to vote if they hadn't already done so.
While Trump won the state, the results in our area were disappointing. Practically every local post that mattered went the wrong way, including the two Dem's I voted for to replace incumbents who needed to go. We've got a terrible school board and a county commission chair who's on the verge of totally screwing up zoning. At least the MSPLOST (a local 1 cent sales tax for 30 years to fund public transit) lost big time. Everyone saw through that boondoggle.
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