Apparently being the first person to show up at the poll is some what of a big deal.
I had an early job this morning so I started my day by walking to my polling place to vote in the First Supervisorial District Vacancy Election here in OC Ca. The poll workers all jumped up and let me know, "you're the first one!" I thought, ok it is a special election and things are slow, but why all the fuss?
Turns out that the first voter has to witness that there have been no electronic votes taken, view the empty ballot box and sign the receipt from the voting computer to get the whole thing rolling.
So anyway, I feel kinda special.