I worked at one of the polling places yesterday

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Yesterday was the state primary.  I volunteered to work at one of the polling places.  Hoo boy.  THAT was a schooling in human behavior.  Yowza!

I worked there from 6:30 a.m. until 9 p.m.  I get paid $9.50 an hour.  I'll be ROLLING in dough in a few weeks!  lol

[usuallylurking]

Lol! How do you feel about the Prop 1 decision?

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I voted "yes", unfortunately it was a "no" vote, but it was super close.

[katfco]

I want some stories about the "human behavior." Please? I need another excuse to not pack.

[toepick]

I'm sorry the prop 1 vote didn't go the way you had hoped!

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Mostly I heard bitching about which ballot they could vote from. Our state law allows for those registered as Republicans, Undeclared and Non-Partisan to vote on either ballot. But the Democrats, AK Independence, Libertarian, etc. can only vote on their party's ballot. I'm undeclared so I have the option to vote either way.

The silly part about this is this law has been in place for YEARS! And I KNOW many of these people have voted in previous elections. The human memory is so short--and not just on GBCN. lol

Also, when most people are confused, their default reaction is anger. "What do you mean I don't have a choice?? This sucks!!" One guy even stomped out after he'd already signed the registry but refused to vote and left.

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Aug 20, 2014 18:35:14 GMT -5 toepick said:

I'm sorry the prop 1 vote didn't go the way you had hoped!

Thank you, toepick.  It was a close race though, which was gratifying.  AND it brought more people to the polls.  A plus.