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[Sep. 9th, 2008|10:24 am] |
I have a strange temper. Many people would think that I am pretty even-keeled, but the truth is that when I have indignation about something, I get upset. Today, I ended up storming out of a polling place when the election judge rejected my phone bill for being more than 30 days old. Eventually, Alissa calmed me down, came along with me to VOUCH that I lived at the house that I own, and I was able to vote in a meaningless Republican primary and for some State Justices. After I listened to a NPR report yesterday, I decided that I would rather someone besides Lorie Gildea (who had all of 3 months of Judge experience before the Governor appointed her to the Supreme Court) in her position.
At first, I was worried about being late to work when Alissa reminds me that State Law addresses this. As the Office of General Counsel at the University of Minnesota reminds us:
B. Employee Voting Rights.
Minnesota Statutes section 204C.04, subd. 1 (2006) addresses the right of employees to take time off to vote the morning of a general election or state primary:
Every employee who is eligible to vote in an election has the right to be absent from work for the purpose of voting during the morning of the day of that election, without penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the absence. An employer or other person may not directly or indirectly refuse, abridge, or interfere with this right or any other election right of an employee.
Tonight is week five of my Improv Tech I class. It's a rocking session because I teach both the "history" of improv and the "rules" of improv. (I put both in quotes because they are, at best, just broad approximations of the truth - especially when I tell 'em.) A new class will be October 7-November 25 where I'll be teaching Improv Tech II provided I have enough students!
Be good to one another and nice to your local election judges. |
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