I made it 63 years without ever volunteering to help out at a polling place. On Nov. 8, I finally rectified that omission.
I’m glad I did.
The view we get of the process as voters suggests the job of election judge might be repetitive, tedious and boring. You check in a voter, direct them to the next station, check in the next voter, send them to the next station. Hand out ballots or “I…


