4213 is an odd number

Tuesday was the first election since our move to a new town. I figured I was doing well to find the actual voting place, but it seems I was supposed to know my district number as well. Four voting districts each with its own table and voting booth were represented in the building. A map on the wall showed that my street was right on the dividing line between districts. I started with district 1.

“Hi, I’m not sure I’m at the right table.”

“Address?”

“4213 Clover”

“OK, let’s see.” [Mumble, mumble, discuss something about odd/even house numbers] “Try table 4″

So I moved to table 4. “Hi, district 1 sent me over here.”

“Name?”

“Jeremy Stein”

“Hmmm… it’s not in the book. What’s your address?”

“4213 Clover”

“Let’s see… Clover Street. Yes, we have the even numbers. I guess you’ll need to fill out a provisional ballot. Now, where are those…”

“Oh, so odd numbers are at table 1?”

“Uh, yes…” [Confused look]

I moved back to table 1. They gave up trying to determine whether my address was in their district and just looked up my name. It was there. I signed in and voted.

Posted by Jeremy on November 8, 2007. 3 Comments.