(full disclosure...my temp job is at our County Elections Office...my second go around at the office. Our ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT is HONEST, HARD WORKING & FABULOUS!!!!)
Concerned about getting votes counted? Work a Polling Site.
Concerned about the advance of technology in the election process and the little old ladies trying to answer questions? Work a Polling Site.
Know what regulations are required of a space in order to be a Polling Site? Work one and find out.
Concerned about "dirty tricks" on election day? Work a Polling Site.
Have never met your neighbors? Work a Polling Site.
Never been to the other side of town? Work a Polling Site.
Worried that low income voters won't get their voting supplies? Work a Polling Site.
Worried that minority voters will be turned away? Work a Polling Site.
Never been to the "bad side" of town? Work a Polling Site.
Feel strongly about the decline of our Democracy? Work a Polling Site.
Think that ballots just "magically" get counted? Work a Polling Site and find out how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears go into putting on an election.
Ever had trouble at the polls? Work a Polling Site and make sure it doesn't happen to someone else.
Know who is in charge of Elections in your County? Work a Polling Site and find out.
Know who works in the Elections office in your County? Work a Polling Site and meet them.
You live in California where we have 3 ELECTIONS that Counties have to staff? WORK A POLLING SITE.
You know the difference between a Primary and a General Election? Work a Polling Site and possibly explain it to people who have never had a Civics class in school.
Love your Country? Work a Polling Site.
Love your County? Work a Polling Site.
Love your City? Work a Polling Site.
Love your neighborhood? Work a Polling Site.
Love your neighbor? Work a Polling Site.
Love blogging and want a new experience to blog about? Work a Polling Site and find some stories.
Know about the voting rules and regulations, many of them NEW? Work a Polling Site
Know what a Provisional Ballot is? Work a Polling Site.
Know how and who counts Provisional Ballots? Work a Polling Site.
Know where ballots go at night? Work a Polling Site.
Know where your Polling Site is this year? WORK IT.
A CHALLENGE TO MY FELLOW KOSSACKS...ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE HAVE 3...COUNT THEM 3....ELECTIONS THAT NEED INTELLIGENT, CARING, PATRIOTIC FOLKS TO WORK AT POLLING SITES.
We can wank about how some elections have been less than perfect, but now is the time to really get involved.
Get your hands deep down in the dirt of Democracy and WORK A POLLING SITE.
**** THANKS FOR THE RECOMMENDS! *****
Now...recommend a day working at the polls to your friends and fellow bloggers! :-)
Namaste!