Ghost of Midnight

Best of FPF: Ballots, Sharpies, and Snowstorms

Town Clerks have been keeping their communities up-to-date on information needed for the upcoming election. The Middlesex Town Clerk posted this in their local Forum last week and we thought it was well worth a share:

“Hello, all – We’re fewer than two weeks away from the November 5th General Election and have already received over 550 ballots. Yay! Just a few very important reminders as we head toward the final stretch…

– If you are planning to vote in person on Tuesday, November 5th, please for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY SAVE YOUR BALLOTS! Bring them to the polls!

– Voting at home? Please don’t use Sharpies. Sharpies bleed through the ballots and the tabulator won’t accept them. (Yes, your vote will still count. It will just need to be hand-counted. See above.)

– Voting in person will take place Tuesday, November 5th. It will be friendly and safe. Promise. All voters welcome. There will be candy and stickers. Please don’t bring dogs. (Guess we’re not THAT welcoming.) Leave your guns in the car. (New Vermont state law.)

Okay, that’s my screed for the day. You can look forward to more nagging as we get closer to Election Day. Yippee. Be grateful you’re not one of my kids. Not for nothing have they moved to the opposite ends of the world.

Friends, please try to stay sane and positive. Remember, we’re a community of people just trying to do our best. Our solutions to the current problems might not be the same; they may be radically different. But at the end of the day – we’re neighbors who help each other out in floods and snowstorms regardless of our political leanings. We’re all in this together…”