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dreamsharkIt was easy and quick and felt totally safe. The polling place (a large gym) had at most a dozen people in it (mostly poll workers) during the short time I was passing through, and people kept spritzing my hands with hand sanitizer. Everyone wore masks. Arguably, the most dangerous part of the whole experience was when I paused to have a short conversation on mask construction with the poll worker guarding the exit door.
I voted at about 10am, and was number 113 for the day. Usually the number is well over 1000 by the time I get there (at least for regular November elections). Even for a primary election, that's a tiny number. It looks like most people really are voting by mail. I was adamant about voting in person because I wanted to be sure my ballot was counted, and there are so many pitfalls in the Vote by Mail processes. But I suppose I'm glad that a lot of people are trying it out in the primary, just to give everybody a chance to get some practice with the system before November. But because of that, we probably won't see results for days, if not weeks, which takes some of the fun out of voting.
It's important to vote in the primaries in Minneapolis because we are a one-party town, which means that for local offices and Congressional Representative the November election is actually decided in the primary.
I voted at about 10am, and was number 113 for the day. Usually the number is well over 1000 by the time I get there (at least for regular November elections). Even for a primary election, that's a tiny number. It looks like most people really are voting by mail. I was adamant about voting in person because I wanted to be sure my ballot was counted, and there are so many pitfalls in the Vote by Mail processes. But I suppose I'm glad that a lot of people are trying it out in the primary, just to give everybody a chance to get some practice with the system before November. But because of that, we probably won't see results for days, if not weeks, which takes some of the fun out of voting.
It's important to vote in the primaries in Minneapolis because we are a one-party town, which means that for local offices and Congressional Representative the November election is actually decided in the primary.
