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Bands vs weather 2-2; other natter
Jul. 8th, 2026 05:40 pmThe season series is now even, and in a delightful fashion. The rescheduled FCB concert went quite well on Monday evening. The weather was terrific (air temp around 80, but we were on an island and the river breeze was lovely, it was sunny but not glaringly so), we played quite well, and the audience was appreciative. I got in the wrong lane in a construction zone on the way home, and wound up coming home back roads, but it was fine. Probably only a few minutes longer than if I'd navigated the (new since the last time I went through there two weeks ago) traffic pattern correctly, and 7 Mile Rd is a nice drive when you're that far west.
We were able to cobble together enough people to work the election. The webinar we did a couple of weeks ago pointed out that I really should not chair the AVCB -- if BC should be unavailable on election day, I would need to step in to many of her duties because DC is not at all comfortable with them. The AVCB as constituted is qualified and well able to do the duties allotted to them without me there, but they are _required_ to have a Chair. (Thanks webinar provider! I don't like being Chair anyway, because I know that I will be called away to do "clerk-y" things.)
We got an email from someone who said that when they stopped by to put their ballot in the drop box, a pair of ballots that were not completely inserted into the slot on the drop box fell out. They said that we should "do something" about it! I can't fix stupid. If you're the kind of person who will just shove envelopes into a slot and drive away, would it help if there was a sign "be sure to insert your ballot completely into the slot"? We've been using this drop box since 2022, so five elections, and this is the first time we've had ballots not completely inserted.
And in things I cannot control, the USPS is being difficult. To be fair, it's one out of 1000, which is pretty good. Several of our voters go Up North for the summer. I checked with them all to determine where their ballots should be sent. One of them was returned with a Twp forwarding address. sigh. no, I'm pretty sure this person is at UpNorth address right now. So I emailed the voter and asked him to go poke the local PO so they'd not return his mail again. We've gotten other ballots back as not deliverable as addressed, but those are all on the voters who moved and didn't tell anyone but the PO. I have followed up with them using BoE procedures. (and this is why the voter rolls have "extra" voters on them. Federal law says we can't remove voters from the local rolls unless they tell us (in writing!) they've moved or it's been two Presidential election cycles since they last voted. there are procedures for deceased voters that don't take that long.)
We were able to cobble together enough people to work the election. The webinar we did a couple of weeks ago pointed out that I really should not chair the AVCB -- if BC should be unavailable on election day, I would need to step in to many of her duties because DC is not at all comfortable with them. The AVCB as constituted is qualified and well able to do the duties allotted to them without me there, but they are _required_ to have a Chair. (Thanks webinar provider! I don't like being Chair anyway, because I know that I will be called away to do "clerk-y" things.)
We got an email from someone who said that when they stopped by to put their ballot in the drop box, a pair of ballots that were not completely inserted into the slot on the drop box fell out. They said that we should "do something" about it! I can't fix stupid. If you're the kind of person who will just shove envelopes into a slot and drive away, would it help if there was a sign "be sure to insert your ballot completely into the slot"? We've been using this drop box since 2022, so five elections, and this is the first time we've had ballots not completely inserted.
And in things I cannot control, the USPS is being difficult. To be fair, it's one out of 1000, which is pretty good. Several of our voters go Up North for the summer. I checked with them all to determine where their ballots should be sent. One of them was returned with a Twp forwarding address. sigh. no, I'm pretty sure this person is at UpNorth address right now. So I emailed the voter and asked him to go poke the local PO so they'd not return his mail again. We've gotten other ballots back as not deliverable as addressed, but those are all on the voters who moved and didn't tell anyone but the PO. I have followed up with them using BoE procedures. (and this is why the voter rolls have "extra" voters on them. Federal law says we can't remove voters from the local rolls unless they tell us (in writing!) they've moved or it's been two Presidential election cycles since they last voted. there are procedures for deceased voters that don't take that long.)
