Election 2006
Happy Election Day! Have you voted yet? I took the day off from work to help out with kid coverage (school's out) and the PTA bake sale table.
I had to vote on a provisional ballot this year, as I didn't change my address since we moved last year. Still, I guess the precinct may be the same, because it really wasn't a big deal. I just had to fill out a new application that was attached to an envelope into which I sealed my paper ballot. I overheard the poll workers assisting one woman whose session on the electronic voting machine had timed-out. I also heard people talking about a 30-second timeout period that was causing problems for voters who took time to read the ballot initiatives. If true, that does concern me. There were a couple initiatives on our ballot this year that were very difficult to understand.
I was asked not to take any photos in the polling place, but I was able to take some outside and in the hallway. I've posted several of them on Flickr. There are lots of others tagged election2006.
Update: I was told by one of the poll workers this evening that the timeout is actually for two minutes of inactivity.
Posted November 7, 2006 12:07 PM