Another way to make money for kilts

[Ialtog]

If you have this option available to you (I don't know how it works for countries other than the US) you can always work at the election polls. That's how I made the money to order my box-pleated kilt from Matt. It's also really interesting to see how the process works behind the scenes. I was an election day technician for the primaries as well as the election yesterday. Those two days gave me about 2/3 of the money I needed for the kilt. Although, working from 5:00 am to 8:30 pm is a bit draining. Not to mention, in my state we have identification requirements at our polls, and the major part of my job was doing ID checks. I can't say it was the most fun I've ever had. It never ceases to amaze me how nasty some people can be in a public setting. But no matter how bad it got I just kept repeating "I'm getting my Ulster ancient kilt...it's cool" which got me through the day. And I sure did learn a lot about the process.

[Kizmet]

Very kewl. As soon as D'Argo is old enough to vote, I'll suggest this to him.

[beloitpiper]

In Wisconsin, we volunteer. I don't know anybody who gets paid to work at the booths.

[Robert Lamb]

Here in the fine state of Oregon we vote my mail so we don't have no stinkilg polling stations.. But it is a good idea.
Robert "the kilted" Lamb

[cessna152towser]

I was first invited to work at the polling booths when I went to work in local government thirty odd years ago and have rarely missed an election, even now that I'm retired from local government and self employed, be it European, British or Scottish parliamentary elections, referenda, or local council elections. Yes the pay is good but for a parliamentary election we need to be at the polling station by 06:30 to set up for 07:00 opening and after we close at 22:00, as a presiding officer I have to do paperwork and deliver the ballot box to the police station so not home till 23:00, even later if you have been posted to a rough area where at the end of the working day you find that the local kids have let down all the tyres on your car and you have to get to work with a footpump as has happened to me once. Also we are told not to wear anything which may suggest preference for one political group over another so I never go kilted to election duty as this could be construed as support for the Scottish Nationalist Party.