Dropped Off

Since I was confused about that envelope thing, I actually went to the real life polling place Tuesday. They couldn’t find my name on the rolls because, duh, I was on the absentee ballot list instead. But they told me the missing middle envelope thing wouldn’t matter (which I thought was likely, but wasn’t sure) so I was able to just put my absentee ballot in the box thing.

Now, what was really interesting though was that the place was EMPTY. About 10 poll workers. And *NO* voters. When I was there I was the ONLY one there. They seemed happy to see someone.

Now, admittedly, most people probably voted by mail. And on the Democratic side it is a completely meaningless race. On the Republican side I think my particular neighborhood is probably sparsely populated. And it is almost meaningless on the Republican side too.

But if this kind of low turnout is representative (which it may not be) then it may be the case that the results are very susceptible to who managed to still get out some vote.

Which still leaves me hoping for that fun and exciting Huckabee upset. :-)