I wanted to echo something said by Karen Cooper. In my ward (Painter Park, where things seemed to be running slowly, but smoothly), the machines were clearly tabulating each sheet, even though the readout said each voter. Since most people voted on both sheets, one must halve the number one saw. This is corroborated by the number that I saw the judge write on a returned gray slip when I picked mine up. Based on that, I think I was number 245 at 9:00 this morning.
As Karen pointed out, these election judges are in the middle of a very long, hard, stressful day. They're in for a long night as well. When you vote, I encourage everyone to be patient, courteous, and polite. A thank you to them might be a good idea, too. Jon Lewis Lyndale _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
