Last week, there was an election in our area. I love voting because it makes me feel important. I usually early vote. However, since this was not a major election, the early voting locations were limited. The place where I usually vote was not included in the early voting. The closest early voting location was about 15 minutes away. I decided to just wait until voting day to cast my ballot because then the voting place right down the road from me would be open.
Where I vote, there is an option to stay in the car and call a number. A poll worker will come to the car, take your identification and go inside to register you. The person then looks up your information and selects the correct ballot. The person comes back out to the car and waits for the person to fill out the ballot. The polling person then goes inside to cast the ballot. The process takes about 15 minutes when no one else is voting. If there are people voting, you have to wait because there are not enough poll workers to man both the inside and curbside voting.
Since it was 5:30 in the evening when I went to vote, and the polling location was busy with voters, I decided to vote inside.
When I arrived inside, the poll workers were surprised to see me because I usually stay in the car to voter. The process went smoothly. There were two people in front of me in line, but soon I had my ballot and was able to vote.
When I placed my ballot into the ballot box, one poll worker was very upset I came inside. He said, “We are here to serve you. Please let us serve you. You can stay in the car. We will take the ballot out to you”
He asked if he could help me to the car. I declined the help as he was needed inside. As I was leaving, there was a table of stickers.
I asked, “Can I get a sticker?”
The man said, “You can have two stickers!”
I was very excited and happily took the two stickers the man placed in my hand.
Ah, the sweet reward for coming inside to vote. Two stickers!
So proud of you!
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