A New Day

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Yesterday was so fun working the polls! Ashlyn and I arrived at 4:45 AM (luckily the precinct we worked is only 5 minutes from the house!). There were 13 of us helping and we all brought food to share during the day like a potluck! Everything was so good! The polls opened at 6:00 AM and by 5:30 AM we had quite a large line waiting to get in!

I stood at the front door directing voters where to go while Ashlyn gave them their ballots and explained to them how to do it. She was so professional and clearly chose the right major (Political Science) as she really was good at it! We saw people we knew come in so it was fun visiting and even saw some new voters from school and also past students that I hadn't seen in a year of more! (I work PT at the high school)...Sweet elderly couples that came in helping each other out and watching them leave holding hands made my heart happy :) Everyone was really in a great mood no matter how long they had to wait!

When voting ended at 7:00 PM the doors were locked while the 2 people in charge got all the voting numbers crunched. We picked up and cleaned the kitchen and then were able to leave at about 8:30 or 9...It was a long day but time passed rather quickly and the people we worked with were a lot of fun! I would definitely do it again and I think I will be called upon as the guy in charge said I was definitely working the next one haha

On top of all that, the weather here was absolutely gorgeous! I was lucky to be at the front door getting all the sunshine!

Have a great day!

Franklin County Courthouse

Franklin County, Va

Built in 1909. See more about the courthouse HERE ...note to self "I need to see it dressed up for Christmas!"

Ahhh Election Day! Ashlyn and I are working as Election Officials at Rainbow Forest Church. We were told it is one of the biggest precincts in our area with 2400 expected voters to come through! Someone Ashlyn knows said that our county, Botetourt County, needed more helpers and so Ash asked me if I would sign up with her so I did! Ashlyn's major was Political Science so this is something she loves...I think we will have fun together although we need to be at our precinct by 4:45 in the morning and will be there till past 7:00 p.m.! Needless to say I won't be around much tomorrow but will catch up with you all later! Now get out and vote! (We were able to vote early since we won't be at our own voting precinct tomorrow.)

Linking up with Tom's Tuesday's Treasures

Election Day

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Greenfield Elementary School, Braden and Dalton's old stomping grounds. This is our voting precinct. Here they hold them in the schools. Back in Ca they hold them in peoples' garages. School is out on election day here. We were never out since voting didn't affect the schools. I like voting here. The boys come with me and all the people working the polls are so friendly and let B and D be a part of the voting procedure. It's quite educational for them!

Where do you vote?