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Oct. 19th, 2012 08:30 pmI wish i could say i'm glad it's the weekend but as i have to work tomorrow night, it's going to take a chunk out of it. I also have to get up early tomorrow because someone is picking up some stuff from me for the Corrie ping on Sunday. I thought i have to go in again Sunday morning to work so made arrangements but it is possible i may not have to now. I would be quite pleased if it works out that way. It would only be for about 2 hours at the very most and it turns out the official reports don't have to be presented until Tuesday anyway so what the burning need to have them first thing Sunday morning has been in the past, I don't know.
The electronic advance voting went very well by all accounts. 22.5% of the eligible voters cast an electronic vote either on the internet or by phone. In the last election 4 years ago, the total voter turnout was about 37% and I think that even if some of those advance voters are people that would have voted anyway on the day, it is almost certainly that we gained more voters because of the convenience. Another reason is that none of the candidates for Mayor is an encumbent. The Mayor we have now has been in office since 2000 and decided not to re-offer this time. He's been embroiled in a few scandals over the past couple of years, one professional and one personal and the general consensus is that he's cutting his losses. All new candidates probably pushes up the interest in the election, too.
So i'm working tomorrow night mainly because of the application used to enter the results. I wrote it, I'm pretty much the only one left that can fix it if something happens. I'm there "just in case". In past elections there have been some questions but for the most part, all has been quiet. There will be a couple others so I'll have company while we watch the results come in and I do have other stuff i can do to pass the time as well if I'm not needed.
Fired up my new work laptop today and got a couple of things set up but most of the stuff i want to do i can't because I haven't got the adminstration side set up yet. It's very frustrating. I did at least transfer a lot of my documents both personal (photos etc) and work and got the email up and working. I expect next week will be more fussing.
Two weeks from tonight! I have most of the odds and ends I am going to take with me. Gotta wrap Christmas and birthday pressies, get some cards written up and ready to send. I'm bringing my Xmas cards for my UK friends with me and stamping them over there. It cost nearly 2 dollars per international stamp these days from Canada. It's half that to send them in-country.
The electronic advance voting went very well by all accounts. 22.5% of the eligible voters cast an electronic vote either on the internet or by phone. In the last election 4 years ago, the total voter turnout was about 37% and I think that even if some of those advance voters are people that would have voted anyway on the day, it is almost certainly that we gained more voters because of the convenience. Another reason is that none of the candidates for Mayor is an encumbent. The Mayor we have now has been in office since 2000 and decided not to re-offer this time. He's been embroiled in a few scandals over the past couple of years, one professional and one personal and the general consensus is that he's cutting his losses. All new candidates probably pushes up the interest in the election, too.
So i'm working tomorrow night mainly because of the application used to enter the results. I wrote it, I'm pretty much the only one left that can fix it if something happens. I'm there "just in case". In past elections there have been some questions but for the most part, all has been quiet. There will be a couple others so I'll have company while we watch the results come in and I do have other stuff i can do to pass the time as well if I'm not needed.
Fired up my new work laptop today and got a couple of things set up but most of the stuff i want to do i can't because I haven't got the adminstration side set up yet. It's very frustrating. I did at least transfer a lot of my documents both personal (photos etc) and work and got the email up and working. I expect next week will be more fussing.
Two weeks from tonight! I have most of the odds and ends I am going to take with me. Gotta wrap Christmas and birthday pressies, get some cards written up and ready to send. I'm bringing my Xmas cards for my UK friends with me and stamping them over there. It cost nearly 2 dollars per international stamp these days from Canada. It's half that to send them in-country.
