I Vote for Fall Color

A quiet Sunday that started with pouring down rain, then got sunny, then got cloudy and drizzly, and now it can't make up its mind.

Endicott, NY near library 10-27-19

Golden and red trees celebrate the fact that New York State officially has early voting.

For us this is an off year - we voted for two countywide positions (the district attorney and one other) and one funding initiative for the two libraries located within our county.  Perhaps "ironically" is not the right word here, but two of the three polling places for early voting in my county was located in one of the libraries whose funding we would be voting for.  Ironically.

The only people there when spouse and I arrived were eight election workers - four Republican and four Democrat.

Instead of signing a book by hand, we handed over our drivers licenses, which were scanned in (this is a one-time thing) and then we signed a pad (like one you use when making a purchase with a debit or credit card). Our signature was then compared with one they had on file.

In the alternative, we could have given our names and addresses verbally.

Once they knew where we lived (anyone in the county could use any one of the three polling places), a ballot was printed out for each of us, with the races we would be voting in.  These races vary by town or city.

After we cast our ballots, we were given our "I Voted" sticker.

And that was it.  Took maybe ten minutes.  It worked flawlessly.

If we had waited for the official election day, we would only have been voted in our normal polling place, so there wouldn't have been a printer needed.  Otherwise, one of the election workers assured me, the procedure would have been the same.

So that was it.  No bugles or drums or cheering throngs.

As we left, several other people arrived.

I liked it.  But I could see how easily it may have gone wrong - if the printer had stopped working, for example.

Only time will tell how well early voting works statewide.

So I went home, sat in my backyard, and then went in and baked an apple crisp.

Day 27 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge #blogboost.