Day's end for my first election
It’s 11:15pm and the office is empty. Everyone (I think) has left and, hopefully, arrived safe at home or wherever. This has been a great first election for me. The staff acted professionally and calmly. Problems were addressed in a timely manner. The overall stress level was low … or least unapparent to me. I stayed out of the way and let everyone do their jobs and they performed fabulously. I visited 9 polling places and met several precinct election officials (PEOs). Our county and country are forever indebted to those PEOs for the time they devote and the service they provide to ensure we have the option to participate in our democracy. Today, we made a decision to peacefully change our county government. Democracy worked - whether or not you liked the outcome - it worked. Good night - sleep tight! --Joel @ 11:34pm