The Training Comes to an End
This was on the second to last full day of training at our Downey "facility," which was just an empty parking lot the County commandeered to use for such purposes. It was also a windy day. That's why the kiosks were down. Normally, there would be something, perhaps sandbags, that would keep them straightened up.
It wasn't long after I took this photo when the whole thing was taken down, boxed up, and put back into the truck. That was also part of the training. These mobile units could (and did) go everywhere.
However, I found out later that the five mobile units averaged about 120 ballots a day. The voter turnout was low. What happened was that more people were using the mail-in ballots to vote, dropping them off mostly at the drop-off boxes, with the rest in mailboxes. It's likely that had there not been a pandemic that more people would have come out to vote. But using the mail-in ballot (which every registered voter in California received) was considered the safer substitute.
The Training Comes to an End
This was on the second to last full day of training at our Downey "facility," which was just an empty parking lot the County commandeered to use for such purposes. It was also a windy day. That's why the kiosks were down. Normally, there would be something, perhaps sandbags, that would keep them straightened up.
It wasn't long after I took this photo when the whole thing was taken down, boxed up, and put back into the truck. That was also part of the training. These mobile units could (and did) go everywhere.
However, I found out later that the five mobile units averaged about 120 ballots a day. The voter turnout was low. What happened was that more people were using the mail-in ballots to vote, dropping them off mostly at the drop-off boxes, with the rest in mailboxes. It's likely that had there not been a pandemic that more people would have come out to vote. But using the mail-in ballot (which every registered voter in California received) was considered the safer substitute.