As I mentioned last week, I’ll be scarce tonight because I have to get up at ridiculous o’clock (4:45am) because I need to be at our polling place ½ mi away before 6am. I’m a precinct Warden for our special election to hopefully pass a Prop 2 ½ override needed to keep our schools from dropping even further down in every metric possible. I need to set up a tabulator, meet my Clerk and Inspectors, get ourselves sorted, take the Oath that I didn’t take at the Presidential Primary election because I was on the ballot and therefore couldn’t work, and then gavel the polls open along with 13 other Wardens at 7am. Polls close at 8pm, and hopefully we’ll be out of there before 10pm.
I really love doing this. I began in 2020 because I was afraid for all the “little old poll workers” during covid. I do realize that four years later I’m a lot closer to being the little old poll worker than I used to be, but it’s probably the only time I can stay awake for this long without a nap these days! This is going to be different, though…
The projected midday temperature is 97F. Our polling place is the middle school gymnasium. It is NOT air-conditioned. They’re bringing in fans to keep the air moving, but it’s bad enough they told us we could break the Business Casual Dress Code and wear shorts and sleeveless shirts (but NOT tank tops, a distinction that I’m curious about!). They’ve also got the gymnasium across the hall set up as a cooling center so we can get out of the heat for a bit on our breaks.
I really hope voters give us some grace tomorrow when we have to tell them they’re on the inactive roll, or we don’t move fast enough to get them checked in. Send some cool thoughts towards Boston tomorrow, and if you’re in a region of the country getting baked by the heat, do what you can to stay cool!
Let’s take a quick look at tonight’s Tops, over the fold.
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TOP COMMENTS
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We had no reader submissions tonight. I really can’t stress enough how much we really do need you to send things in when you see them.
TOP MOJO
Top Mojo for yesterday (Sunday), June 16th 2024, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
Side note: the computer that runs Top Mojo actually lives at Casa Brillig, and apparently it had a hiccup during a brief power outage and needed a reboot. Sorry about that!
TOP PICTURES
Alas, Top Pictures is still broken from the site maintenance update on June 9th, with no word as to when or even if jotter’s code and special magic that created Top Pictures may be recoverable. Help Desk is aware and trying to fix it. Fingers crossed.