I'm not ever planning to be the kind of blogger who writes "this is what I did today" every day for years on end; I'm more interested in writing things that I'd actually like to read, either as you or as a future me trying to remember WTF was going on way back in 2007.

Today will be a good day to remember, very likely the high point of a good week -- and this is shaping up to be a good month.

Though this is only my second election in San Mateo County (in less than a year), I decided to sign up to be a poll worker -- and, since I'm writing more, blog about the experience.

This morning I opened a letter, purportedly from Warren Slocum, which read:

You are hereby notified, pursuant to Elections Code Section 12307, that the Chief Elections Officer has appointed you to serve as JUDGE of the precinct board for the CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL GENERAL ELECTION to be held on TUESDAY, 11/07/2006

Looks like "judge" is the title they give to generic precinct workers; other titles are "inspector" (clearly the person in charge) and "student PW" (probably a bored high school intern.)

Since I'll be in Toronto all next week, the only training sessions I'm likely to be able to get to are either tomorrow or mid-afternoon on the 30th, but I'm confident I can make one of those work.

Now...where's my absentee ballot? It should've arrived by now.

I put a lot of thought into the primary this summer, but for the general election next month Speak Out California says everything I'd've wanted to say, and more, and they're generally better-informed about this stuff than I am anyway. Unless new info comes out, I'll be following their guide as soon as my absentee ballot arrives.

Seems like all of the "exciting" races are in other states. I don't think I mind.