Voting Day in The Mountains

Today we voted at the old schoolhouse about 10 miles from our house. It was a very nice day as far as voting weather with the temperature near 51 at 10:30 am. We have often gone in the snow or ice so not having to battle the elements was great.

As we heard of long lines and waiting across the country we laughed to ourselves knowing the possibility of having more than one person in front of us was slim. With only 31 eligible voters in our township,we are one of the most sparsely populated townships in Pennsylvania

Our polling place is modest and I am sure is one of the few polling place with an outhouse(I guess that is where the secret ballots are cast). Many times the officials have card games and all day food buffets while they wait all day for the occasional voter.


As old fashioned as the building is we do have automated voting machines that you place a magnetized card into. They are touch screen and come in large or small print for us hard to read voters. There are two machines, but only one was turned on today and was more than adequate to handle the crowd. LOL. We have 100% turnout most of the time so we are few but dedicated voters. The township is predominately Republican in makeup. However, I don't know how they are all voting this year.
So for all you people with long lines, I can only suggest one thing move to Elk Township in Tioga County, Pa for fast easy service and a fully functioning outhouse. Mountain girl, Paula, logging out.