I voted early yesterday. It would have taken about 7 minutes except that the printer jammed and my ballot did not print. So the printer had to be unjammed. I learned there are 2 different compartments and 2 different keys. Only the precinct lead had the key to the area the ballots were printed. My ballot was ruined during removal so they had to print another ballot for me. I wondered if they needed to make a notation as to why 2 ballots were being printed for me for auditing purposes or perhaps that is not necessary since only one ballot was scanned.
I voted for US President, US Senator, US House Representative, TN House Representative and a local initiative to support Nashville Metro Public Transportation which is sorely needed with the growth in the population.
I thought about waiting to Election Day in hopes of standing in long lines and getting a more viseral feel for our fragile democracy. I have done over 200 postcards and am going to move on to phone banking for the last two weeks. I have not totally ruled out going to North Carolina for the last few days.
Tamara Unleashed 