2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tonight I witnessed a shameful display of voter supression in Minnesota. [View all]dflprincess
(28,075 posts)The person who did the most the work organizing our district did an incredible job. We expected to get slammed and learned a lot of 2008 when we weren't prepared and most of us who were conveners had been given decent training and instructions on what to do should something like running out ballots happened. (We did run out in my precinct but rather than try to track down more, I had brought garishly colored post-its to use in their place - harder to duplicate.)
We also arranged to have tables outside the classroom door for sign in and balloting which moved things along. There were two guys in my precinct who stepped up to help with that and did a great job and let me call the caucus to order on time. It was standing room only in my classroom - though some of the people who didn't have desks were able to sit on a windowsill and a table in the room. I think there were only 3 people who stood for the whole night.
Yes, parking was a problem for some and the halls were crowded but we had it under control.