Nannyberry

 

Got to the Town Hall about 6:15 a.m.   I moved the poll books and ballots out of the safe room and walked the "Vote Here" sign down to the road.  Put out the flag and when Chief Inspector Barb got there we started up the tabulator.  It stayed busy for the rest of the day.  Our lines never went out side of the building though I will say my Letter to the Editor imploring people to register to vote BEFORE the November election did no good.  Over 40 people wanted to register today.  Some people messed up their ballots and needed a new one issued.  There were a lot of absentees for our small community but we worked our way through them.  Two absentee ballots had been 'damaged' (ripped/gotten wet and then dried) so we had to remake those.  Everything takes multiple people checking that the intent of the voter is followed.  I realized by 4 p.m. I had neither eaten nor gone to the bathroom since I'd arrived.  By 7 p.m. all of the paperwork was finally done (as much as could be w/o the final numbers).  Early on in the day I'd realized the number on the tabulator was one more than the count in the poll book.  A member of the Town Board can come in and looked through the security camera backups.  We quickly found a girl that had bypassed the sign in area but gotten a ballot.   None of us knew her but through the wonders of social media and her pic snapped off the tapes someone recognized her, contacted her, and she stopped by after work to sign the poll book.   Actually, the day went pretty well and we were out of the Town Hall by 9:30 p.m.  Tonight I'm eating the sandwich I meant to be lunch and supper and watching MeTV.  Tomorrow is soon enough to find out how who won the election.