Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Voted. Civic Duty Done. Now We Wait.

Voted this morning.  

No waiting except for the two people in front of me who went to the wrong precinct because they couldn't read a map, they should have gone to Precinct 15 and instead they came to mine which is visibly marked Not Precinct 15, and decided to argue with the polling staff at length about it.

Did I mention at length?

Including having their IDs scanned repeatedly and being repeatedly told that they needed to go to precinct 15? Repeatedly.  Even given directions to it just down the street, can't  miss it?   Apparently there's a bit of a line over at Precinct 15 (which they knew about which is curious) and these two wanted to either vote faster, or they were going to try to vote in multiple spots.

The Poll staff did not give in and let them vote anyways, but directed them to 15.  

Repeatedly.  

Quick tip: If you're a registered voter in Michigan and even now don't know where to vote either check your voter registration card or even better go to: 

Where is My Polling Place 

enter your info, and then go to the polling place it indicates.  Easy-Peasy.  

That they didn't do this before they decided to show up does make me wonder about their overall civic intelligence, or what they were actually trying to do, but whatever.

Well, once they were taken care of I was able to get my ballot and go vote and get it done.

One weird part is instead of the ballot placing parties randomly on it, the Democrat candidates were always listed first in each category, then Republicans then other parties.  Not too typical, and I'm sure our Democrat Secretary of State had nothing to do with that change, which can also be seen on the sample ballot online.

It's a big ballot this year with lots of important races, so hopefully you've done your research and you choose wisely.

3 comments:

John Galt said...

A shame Michigan does it that way. Here in our county in Texas you can vote any polling place. So, if you want to jump over during lunch or right after work you can go somewhere nearby . Easy peasy.

drjim said...

Dropped our ballots off early last week. Met a guy at the gas pump today USAF vet, saw my Iowa hat, and we started chatting.

Said he went to drop off his ballots today, and three very large, very dark complected men were blocking the drop box, and demanding to know who he voted for before they'd let him past. He told the very loudly it was no of their business, and to please move. They started coming towards him, and two security people came out of the courthouse, ending a possible confrontation.

Interesting times, indeed.....

Aaron said...

John Galt: Our local races are very much tied to precincts, such as schools, library etc, and the school system boundary maps and such don't match the town maps exactly. So, if you're at the wrong precinct, you would be voting on someone else's school or local government proposals and not your own.

drjim: Yep, it looks like it may be getting sporty in some spots.