Poll Stories

[El Dingo]

I have voted at the same place for 10+ years (an assisted living facility a few blocks from my house). I like voting in person. I like the drama of being in line, waiting for the doors to open (I vote before going to work). I like going to the little desk and coloring in the paper ballots. I like someone giving me a sticker. I like wearing my sticker around the office.

This year was weird. My voting place changed. It was only a block away at a different assisted living facility, but it was the first year a list of voters was not posted. It was the first year the ballot scanning machine "wasn't working" so I had to insert my paper ballots into a bag.

I'm not bitching because I believe my liberal Bay Area votes were counted, but it was weird.