Today was a poll watcher training session. My wife and I had signed up for a Saturday session using Zoom. I’m no Zoom fan, considering it a hot mess of security issues, but I didn’t make the decision to use Zoom. If it had been my decision I would have chosen to use Microsoft Teams, although I consider Teams to be just barely better than Zoom.

While I was listening to the training little Beau came up and draped himself across my lap and the arm of my chair, then turned to watch and listen. No, Beau will not be a poll watcher. There’s no allowing pets, even if they’re Gingers. Sorry, Beau. But Beau lay there for a good long while before he got up and moved off, apparently bored with the whole thing.

The humans in this household decided to volunteer to be poll watchers because a big call went out from the Democratic party for volunteers. Considering how crazy the mid-terms are probably going to be, we both felt an obligation to help keep an eye on things. I want to stress that we are going to be poll watchers, not poll workers. All we can do is follow the rules, stay out of everyone’s way, and watch and if necessary note.