Rigged!
I thought so too, but think about it: The requirement that every single possible activity be done in bipartisan teams is a little much, and the State Legislature knows this: since the rule (law, rather) that makes me a Republican tomorrow is from the same people who created the requirement in the first place, and laws can't contradict themselves, it's not illegal, just stupid.
Hey, look on the bright side, misk. It might end up being more than sixteen hours :V
Oh, I'm sure. Even really tiny elections keep us until 10:00, so that's at least 17 hours for anyone who is counting. I just like repeating "16 hours" because your average work day is eight hours, and this is basically two work days in a row. But yeah no I'm not expecting to get out very quickly.
Almost certainly not, but still, with the whole line thing and the extent turnout has been surprising people, being stuck until you're done and done not coming when it was scheduled might be a non-zero possibility.
Legally, the moment it's 9:00, anyone who is still in line at that point and no more can vote. They check this by having the resident police person who babysits the site get in line at precisely 9 PM, and anyone who is after the policeman/woman can't vote. In reality we get out at least an hour after this ends. I want to guess and say, thirty minutes to process the chuckleheads who think getting on at 8:50 is a really neat idea, at least one guaranteed hour of general clean up (we transmit the preliminary results about 30 minutes into this), and then maybe 30 minutes/another hour more depending on how busy it makes the table people and whether I can convince my supervisor to let the scanner people go early. This puts us at maybe... 11PM? 11:30. Maybe 12 if we're unlucky. The only really annoying thing is that I have to take a train to and from my college. Heading home today, but I think I have class on Wednesday so I gotta head back.
I'ma be really fucking tired when you guys see me next. I will have an awesome hat, though.
Apparently there are some places which take wearing candidate apparel as a violation of the campaigning block. Gonna be a lot of angry people on twitter who got arrested after refusing to take off a MAGA hat tomorrow.
I mean they'd have to be really determined to be stupid to get arrested for that. Policemen would just make you take it off and otherwise wouldn't care unless you make a fuss about it. It's really only a problem when you've got like a full body shirt or something.
Apparently there are some places which take wearing candidate apparel as a violation of the campaigning block. Gonna be a lot of angry people on twitter who got arrested after refusing to take off a MAGA hat tomorrow.
That strikes me as stupid. Trying to hand out "information" in lines in an attempt to sway votes is one thing. A fucking t-shirt or hat isn't going to change anyone's mind though. Way to start drama where none really needed to exist in the first place.
The issue is to make everyone comfortable to vote without feeling judged. If we let people do that then everyone would come in with campaign shirts and stuff, which like ein said is more likely to cause drama or supression than anything else. The point is that it isn't an abortion clinic; your right to protest starts about 100 feet from our doors and no closer, and if you disagree or want to make trouble than well you can talk to the nice police officer about that.
Accuweather says it's gonna be a sunny 68 tomorrow in NYC. Better pack a polo shirt I guess.
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