Case filled in as an election judge yesterday because one of the usual people was ill. He and other judges arrived at 6:30 am to open the town hall and set up the equipment. Voting was from 7 am to 8 pm. Yes, thirteen long hours. There are 320 registered voters in the Town of Spider Lake. (Illinois folks - just think township. There are no "townships" in Wisconsin. They are called towns.) Forty-eight came out to vote. Elections were for school board (2 contested seats), county supervisor (one contested seat), and town board members (2 seats running unopposed). It certainly wasn't a glamorous election. Writing this on Wednesday I can tell you the results that all the incumbents won. At 8 pm, the judges counted the electronic votes, paper votes and absentee votes (2 this time). Then they put away the equipment. Case was home after 9 pm. I don't know what he earned, but it wasn't enough in my opinion.
Case said he learned a lot. I ventured a guess, "How the wheels of democracy roll at the grassroots level?" "No," he replied. "After each voter left, I was filled in on their story. I was fresh meat for the usual judges to tell the tales."
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