Day 85 - Election Day

Today saw us return to the polls to vote in our State election in NSW.

I decided a couple of weeks ago to try my hand at working at a polling place on Election day. The day didn't start off too well, with me setting my alarm wrong and waking at 6:50am instead of 6:00am. Luckily, I had packed my lunch the night before, had my clothes ready for the day and cut some bread ready for toasting in the morning all the night before knowing I had to be at the polling place by 7:15am.

I made it to the polling place by 7:20am. Pretty good effort I think! Lucky it was only a couple of minutes drive down the road. I learnt the lesson very quickly. Arrive late - miss out on important information and get a less than desirable job of ballot box guard to start the day. However after an hour or so, I got to go and be a Declaration Vote Officer and issued way too many absentee votes! But the busier the day, the quicker it goes.

After my mum telling me I wouldn't be home until after midnight, I was pleasantly pleased to be home at the reasonable hour of 9:45pm. All votes counted, sorted and packed for delivery the next day.

I enjoyed myself today, met some lovely and some not so lovely people. I will definitely be doing it all over again at the next election.