Once outside, Blitzen wasn't sure she liked it

 

At the end of every odd-numbered year, the town clerk presents the town board with a list of potential poll workers for their approval.  The list doesn't mean that those people have to serve in every election (or any election) within the next two years - just means they might be asked to serve.  The December town board meeting was this week so I closed the library five minutes early (no one was there) and went to the meeting.  Chief Inspector Barb and I had put together a list for the clerk to submit to the Board.  I didn't expect any problems but thought I'd attend just in case there were any questions.   The town is a small municipality so most elections will require the minimum three people (remember it's always an odd number of workers) and even for our big turnout presidential elections we need at most seven poll workers.  I like to have at least a dozen names.  Some workers only want to work a half day and, in the age of Covid, we might need to call someone else in to work at the last minute.  The board can also get a list of poll workers from either political party.  That kind of list must be submitted to the clerk before the end of November.   I've always thought the political party rule heavy-handed and mentioned it to the County Clerk at the last meeting.  "I've had people in the past who I would not want as poll workers.  For example, I had one fellow who would count all of the ballots by himself and tell me the count.  I explained more than once that all counting must be done by at least two people and in full view.  What if  he was on a political party's list so we had to ask him to serve?"   She took a moment and said, "Sounds like he'd make an excellent door greeter."  Anyway, even though I don't know everyone, I'm happy with the list of poll workers we submitted ... and so was the board.