Writer's Block: Secret Ballot
Nov. 5th, 2008 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wyld_dandelyonFoodie-friend is very much a Lovecraft fan. He went to vote in his black t-shirt-with-Elder-Sign and black leather jacket with weird buttons. At his polling place, he was #666. Of course, they keep those little slips of paper with the election judges’ initials, and he didn’t have a camera, but still, he said the little old lady looked from the number to him, and seemed to be thinking something along the lines of "yep, that's voter 666 all right".
At least that number didn't go to someone who'd freak out at getting the number of the beast...at his polling place, anyway. For us, all went smoothly, as expected. There was someone outside the school giving directions (!) and several people hanging around as observers. For the primary, when we arrived after 7:00 p.m. (less than an hour before closing) we were #12 and #13. For the election proper, we arrived substantially earlier, around 4:00, and were #268 and #269. What a difference in turnout!
After, I got a call from someone doing an exit poll, but they'd filled my demographic already, so I only got to answer the boring background questions.
At least that number didn't go to someone who'd freak out at getting the number of the beast...at his polling place, anyway. For us, all went smoothly, as expected. There was someone outside the school giving directions (!) and several people hanging around as observers. For the primary, when we arrived after 7:00 p.m. (less than an hour before closing) we were #12 and #13. For the election proper, we arrived substantially earlier, around 4:00, and were #268 and #269. What a difference in turnout!
After, I got a call from someone doing an exit poll, but they'd filled my demographic already, so I only got to answer the boring background questions.
