November 2008
16 posts
Presidential Ballots OF DOOM
If you’re not registered, you can fill out a Presidential Ballot. If you fill out a presidential ballot, you can only do it in the town you reside in/live in. That means, basically, that anyone can come and vote at Vernon today (or any CT and multiple other state cities) for the president. Which makes our job a little easier since most people aren’t upset about not being...
The coffee here...
…isn’t half as good as the coffee at work. I need it to survive. I “borrowed” some from another town office.
All Is Quiet on the Western Front
Its true. This is the quietest time of day. If you haven’t voted yet, go now. Like… right now. Its really quiet. I’m going to take a nap under my desk.
You think...
… Starbucks would deliver their free coffee to me? I mean, if you vote, you get a free cup. I would like my delivered. I’m falling asleep.
Chinese Food is Mocking Me...
For lunch, of all things, they got us Chinese food. It’s totally mocking me. I’m working. The high school kids are eating.
I wish I had real lunch. Whats the deal with that?
“Wait, there isn’t any coffee?”
– Me, 10 minutes ago
Over-Vote
There are a lot of bubbles, and I know its tricky.
Please, one per column. Against popular wisdom, you can’t vote for both McCain and Obama. No, this isn’t just a Connecticut thing.
Don't Assume You're Registered
Please don’t assume you’re registered if you registered 5 years ago. You’re not. If you don’t check your status before an election or primary there is a good chance you may not be registered. The state canvasses everyone multiple times a year… you don’t return that, you don’t have a vote.
Be sure to vote.
Or go the polls unsure and suffer this:...
“Will there be a chair that I can sit in?”
– Cute, Little, Old Lady
Long Morning
LOTS of voters. We’ve had over 4,000 so far and its only 9AM. Yikes… long morning. Lots of people who don’t have voter rights but want to vote.
Be responsible. Register… please.
Technology Versus The Election
Its hillarious. Connecticut is using a new optical scan voter system. People are very confused already.
It doesn’t get much better than this.
::Yawn::
It is way too early to be awake right now. I’ve been watching the news for the past hour or so and I can’t wait till this election is over. The campaign ads, especially the nastier ones that recently showed up, are too much to watch for me.
I also find it funny how the local news are REACHING for something to talk about today: will today’s cloudy weather effect turnout? Will...
Saturday Night Live Monday?
In preparation for the big day tomorrow, several friends and I are relaxing before the madness. Nothing better than a good Saturday Night Live on… well, Monday. McCain, Palin, Obama, and Biden. I secretly hope Ralph Nader will come simply because of the hillarity. NBC has had horribly one-sided coverage of the entire race, in my opinion, but hopefully I can get a few chuckles out...
Good Morning America
Starting tomorrow at about 5:15am EST, I’ll be working at election headquarters on 1990 computers and an ISDN modem. Well, thats not entirely true. In order to actually live blog, I’ll be using my laptop. Otherwise, I’m stuck with thousands of voter registration cards and tons of people who haven’t registered to vote yet.
Thats right: since Connecticut doesn’t...
CNN Covers The Election →
We will be watching this all day since it generally has the most accurate results in the Obama and McCain races. Sorry all you other candidates.
The Beginning of the End
I’ll be live blogging during the day tomorrow as we deal with all the voters coming in to vote for this record turn out. I’m working at Election Headquarters in my medium sized town, answering voter questions, looking up voter information, and dealing with the melee of the general public.
I may not survive.
Read this throughout the day. I’ll likely keep the updated as best I...