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39. I voted today (Illinois)

When I went to my polling place around 3pm it was a very light turnout with no waiting. An elderly man was holding the outside door open for another elderly man in walker and kept it open for me while he also open the inside doors for us. That was very thoughtful of him. At one point he was stretched out like a wishbone. He had some trouble finding the table for his precinct and then machine wouldn't take his first ballet so he had to fill out another one. He was telling jokes the whole time and cracking everyone up. The poll workers were around my age (late forties) to elderly. Almost all of them were female and they were so kind and helpful. One women was wiping surfaces down the entire time I was there. The one's handing out the cards for signatures and the ballots were wearing gloves.

I sterilized my pens after I used them even though they said it wasn't necessary. There was a system for sterilizing them after one use. While cleaning my desk at work yesterday I discovered a tiny container of antibacterial wipes and took them with me to the polling station. The people there thought the container was cute and told me those wipes were like gold. I maintained the 6 foot rule as best as I could.

I've voted almost every election since my first one in 1992 at age 20 but this is the first primary I've ever voted in. I wondered if I should skip it this one too due to the virus, but my husband urged me to do it anyway. He knows how important this was to me. I'm so glad I went.