I Want To Zap You With Lasers
So. I voted in our municipal elections today.
Here's what I wrote on the election survey after the fact.
"I was not on the voter list and had to be added the day of (Oct 19/14, at the [location I voted at]). The woman responsible for putting me in was not at the desk for the first 5 or so minutes while I was waiting, and then took a very long time putting the woman ahead of me in. She also talked WAY too loud regarding the woman's (and then my, and presumably everyone else before and after) personal information. I did not hear her asking the woman if she was sure about any of the information the woman provided, merely took the info and added her on. Then at my turn, she had to clarify with "are you sure?" after every single question. Including my name and address, as if my telling her, filling out the form, and providing my correct, gov't issued photo id was not enough, and maybe she thought I had forgotten my name and really had to make sure. Perhaps it's because I appear young, or perhaps because she was approaching her duties on the computer as if she had never, ever been exposed to one before. Finally, she directed me to the second desk to get my ballot. The woman at the second desk promptly proclaimed "oh, I can't help you." We had to wait for someone else to come over, then the two women at the second desk had to fumble through getting me a ballot, and again asking me if I was sure. And then they forgot to initial my ballot, so when I finally got to fill it out, I had to run around and basically start again. So thank you or the most painful voting experience I have ever had, and indeed, answering the question "why do we have such low voter turnouts?" Because the people we drastically overpay to volunteer at these things are beyond out to lunch. Thanks, Town of [my town]! (The women who actually took my ballot and cast it were lovely and competent, as was the man who told us which direction to go to find the vote location.)"
So much work for the same 6 old, rich, white dudes to get in like they have for last 20+ years, woooo.
Here's what I wrote on the election survey after the fact.
"I was not on the voter list and had to be added the day of (Oct 19/14, at the [location I voted at]). The woman responsible for putting me in was not at the desk for the first 5 or so minutes while I was waiting, and then took a very long time putting the woman ahead of me in. She also talked WAY too loud regarding the woman's (and then my, and presumably everyone else before and after) personal information. I did not hear her asking the woman if she was sure about any of the information the woman provided, merely took the info and added her on. Then at my turn, she had to clarify with "are you sure?" after every single question. Including my name and address, as if my telling her, filling out the form, and providing my correct, gov't issued photo id was not enough, and maybe she thought I had forgotten my name and really had to make sure. Perhaps it's because I appear young, or perhaps because she was approaching her duties on the computer as if she had never, ever been exposed to one before. Finally, she directed me to the second desk to get my ballot. The woman at the second desk promptly proclaimed "oh, I can't help you." We had to wait for someone else to come over, then the two women at the second desk had to fumble through getting me a ballot, and again asking me if I was sure. And then they forgot to initial my ballot, so when I finally got to fill it out, I had to run around and basically start again. So thank you or the most painful voting experience I have ever had, and indeed, answering the question "why do we have such low voter turnouts?" Because the people we drastically overpay to volunteer at these things are beyond out to lunch. Thanks, Town of [my town]! (The women who actually took my ballot and cast it were lovely and competent, as was the man who told us which direction to go to find the vote location.)"
So much work for the same 6 old, rich, white dudes to get in like they have for last 20+ years, woooo.