Ohio Poll Worker Experience

This March 4th I volunteered to be a Poll Worker in my Clark County, Ohio--FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! As there were many openings to choose from, I settled on the Enon Muncipal Building, just 5 miles away. (5 miles away that is until I discovered the connecting bridge over Rt. 4 was closed for repair the Monday prior to elections Tues.) But a slight extended detour got me to the polling site by 5:30 AM on time where I worked until 8:15PM that same evening. We were fortunate to be fully staffed with 2 Republicans & 2 Democrats. I was the "newby" to the team, but we quickly conversed & got to the job at hand to be ready for the first voter at 6:30 AM. The day went by rather quickly as voters kept stolling in all day. Several 17 year olds were anxious to cast their first ballot. A new law allows this if the person will turn 18 before the November election. It did require that they fill out a Provisional envelope & ballot- IN THE VOTING PRECINCT OF THEIR RESIDENCE. This will have them fully registered AND to vote in Novemeber. Several adults were caught without having backup acceptable printed documentation because they had moved their place of residence since last voting. We we able to work through 9 of these voters who did cast a ballot. At 7:30 PM we closed the poll & began to balance our figures to the ballot used. We were able to balance with the machine totals. There are many tricky locks & many steps to get to a proper closing. I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH EACH OF THE WORKERS I SHARED THE DAY WITH. It was a most interesting, fun day. I would recommend that anyone with the patience to spend a long day,to preserve & insure proper voting systems, call and volunteer. I plan to do it again.