By: Patricia Bizzell

Patricia Bizzell — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:20:01 +0000

I feel exactly the same way about voting in person, Evie, and David and I did that Sunday at Nelson Place School. There was no standing in a long line. People observed social distance, sanitized their hands and picked up a sanitized pen on entry, and filled out their ballots at stations widely spaced apart. I don’t have the health challenge that you have to make me extra cautious, but as you know, David and I are over 70 and he is diabetic, so we do have some risk factors. We felt quite safe.
We are taking additional risks on 11/3 because we have volunteered to be poll workers. I felt the need to give my sacred duty as a citizen a little extra attention this year. We have already had our training, so I can tell you that, unfortunately, we cannot require voters to wear masks. We will have them to hand out and will urge an unmasked person to take one, but it’s their choice. However, in addition to the sanitizing and safety measures we saw at Nelson Place, I am told that on 11/3, we will have two workers at our polling place who will do nothing but cruise with disinfecting products and treat each voting station after every use.
I am grateful that you and Al did not let your health challenges prevent you from voting. I hope everyone will do as you have done and make a plan to vote that they are comfortable with. It’s never been more important.

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By: Patricia Bizzell