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God Shots and Another Near Miss Monday, I had to pick up the election package for my precinct. I ended up with the position of head poll worker and thought to myself, "Oh Lord! I don't know what I am doing but we do have an instruction book so I will figure it out. It is a huge responsibility because I am part of preserving the integrity of the election process. I picked up the package, drove home and left it in my car and walked into my apartment. I suddenly heard a bunch of rain, thunder, lightning, and wind. We get used to it in West Virginia. Shortly afterward, I got a phone call from a former neighbor. He advised me that a tree fell on my car and the landlord was "getting rid of the evidence" by chain sawing the tree away. Dah! I am sure happy that I didn't have to remove that tree by myself. If I had been in that car, ten minutes earlier, that tree would have fallen on the car with me in the car. My thought was "OMG! That that election set-up material is in my car. The integrity of the election is on me. By the time I checked out my car, it was fine. The car next to mine lost the back windshield glass. My car has a minor few scratches and dents but all the doors opened and everything worked. So I was able to get to the local school to set up the local election at 530 am the next morning. I was looking through the instruction book, thinking OMG!!! One young woman, a teacher volunteered to do the books. Another senior lady volunteered to man the ballot box while a second one wanted to assist her. We had two Democrats, an Independent, and a Republican for the percent. Technically during an election, all tasks must be completed by two individuals of the opposite party but the two Marys (both democrats were working so well together that I wasn't about to bust up a good working team. The Independent and I worked together to take care of the books. (Two opposite parties) It was a long day. The candidates for Mayor and City Counsel were all incumbents running unopposed. We got 11 Voters the entire day. There were four precincts in the building. I doubt if we got 50 votes for the whole town. A few years back, I ran for city council a few towns away. I didn't win but I got 77 votes. I got more votes in that election than the entire town in this election. After dropping the ballots and package off at City Hall, I highly recommended that they promote the young Independent for the next election. Apparently, they asked her about it, she declined, saying she wasn't sure that she could. She was a rock star. I am sure that she has the confidence next election. As I was leaving I ran into a fellow Republican. She asked if I thought that Trump would get back in. I told her that I think we need to move on. You can't move on to the next chapter if you keep rereading the last chapter. I wish that some folks would get off that "Hate Trump" platform but they are not doing to. Meanwhile we are having a gathering in July with Kim Klacik as the speaker. There is a woman that I can get behind and support even if she is in Baltimore. That city needs help.    Abracadabra  |
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I am glad I was not in that car when the tree hit it. It would have been a really scary scenerio. Abracadabra
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Yes, thank God you were not inside the car when that happened. Scary enough to see it from outside, let alone if you had been inside it. As for the low turnout, if all the people on the ballot were unchallenged incumbents, then I could understand why nobody felt the need to vote. The outcome was already known. I remember voting at our local precinct years ago. The workers were the same folks, election after election. All were friends, from both parties (but who cared? ) and the whole atmosphere at the polls was jovial, as everyone greeted each other. I guess it is the same these days too, maybe just a few different faces on the worker team, but we don't vote there anymore. Due to our travels and being gone so much, we voted early, at the courthouse. The last federal election, we requested mail ballots and I returned them to the courthouse in person. They said that we could still come in and do it in person, and they would even make arrangements for Joe to vote from our car if we gave them advanced notice so they could have two people from two parties witness it. Love living in a simple, rural world. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Great you worked for the elections. It would seem interest is decreasing, same as over here. Turnouts are not big enough, it is really pathetic. I'm really glad your car suffered little damage.
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Both you and the car had a very lucky escape for sure.
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Yes, thank God you were not inside the car when that happened. Scary enough to see it from outside, let alone if you had been inside it. As for the low turnout, if all the people on the ballot were unchallenged incumbents, then I could understand why nobody felt the need to vote. The outcome was already known. I remember voting at our local precinct years ago. The workers were the same folks, election after election. All were friends, from both parties (but who cared? ) and the whole atmosphere at the polls was jovial, as everyone greeted each other. I guess it is the same these days too, maybe just a few different faces on the worker team, but we don't vote there anymore. Due to our travels and being gone so much, we voted early, at the courthouse. The last federal election, we requested mail ballots and I returned them to the courthouse in person. They said that we could still come in and do it in person, and they would even make arrangements for Joe to vote from our car if we gave them advanced notice so they could have two people from two parties witness it. Love living in a simple, rural world. Abracadabra
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