I had the privilege of serving as an election judge yesterday for our Primary Elections here in Arizona! I was up at 3:45 a.m. to report to the polling station at 5 a.m.. We set up the room the night before, so we just had to get the ballots and machines ready and take the oath before the polls opened at 6 a.m..
It was a fun day! I wish we would have had a little higher turn out, but I was impressed with the people that came to cast their votes even though there was only one thing on each ballot that actually had a choice. Most of the positions had one person running for each party. The people who came to vote were those who vote no matter what. I was very inspired by their patriotism and devotion to the election process.
I got home @ 8 p.m. last night extremely tired, but grateful that I had been able to be a part of the electoral process. We live in the greatest country on this earth and so often we take our freedoms and opportunities for granted. I know the Presidential election will have a huge turnout. Please study the local and national candidates and the propositions that will be on this next ballot. And please, get to the polls this November!
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Way to go Steph! That must have felt good to participate in. I feel bad that I didn't even know there was any type of election going on. I will for sure be voting come November.
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