desh | You may now call me "Your Honor".

You may now call me "Your Honor".

I just received a xeroxed blue certificate in the mail:

2005

City and County of Philadelphia

DEMOCRATIC PARTY Philadelphia, November 8, 2005

Josh [my last name]

At an Election held November 8, 2005, you were duly elected for a term of Four Years from January 1, 2006 as Judge of Election for the [number] Ward, [number] Division.

Margaret M. Tartaglione, Chairwoman
Edgar A. Howard, Commissioner
Joseph J. Duda, Commissioner

(I still don't know whether I get paid, though. Or, um, what I have to do.)

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Congratulations!

Thanks!

OMG YAY :D :D :D ... your honor.

::bangs gavel::

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I say again.

Seriously. Even I can't stop laughing.

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Congrats :)

I sentence you to life!

You're joking, right?

100% serious.

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desh - 2005-12-07 03:17 (UTC) - Expand

Is this because you wrote your name in or something?

Oh, and:

http://66.107.4.19/judgeofelection.htm

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desh - 2005-12-07 03:09 (UTC) - Expand

Things may be somewhat different in Philly. This is all I found (in the ten minutes I don't have before Gratz): http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.seventy.org/electioninfo/05elections/novelection/FAQNov2005.html (the main page just says "Service Unavailable."

The page is back up now, and there's also http://www.seventy.org/transparency/electedofficials/jobdescriptions/judgeandinspector.html . But thanks!

Hooray! Now you can rule with an iron fist. :)

Clearly I need to procure a gavel and a robe.

so....you've found a job! congrats!

well...it's a start. b

I have to have the most interesting resume around by now, right?

HAHAHA. Fantastic! :D

As a Canadian, you're now out of my jurisdiction!

(Well, as someone who lives more than 2 blocks from here, you're out of my jurisdiction. But, well.)

Yay, that's awesome. It's a brilliant beginning to a long and distinguished career in public service. :D

Long and distinguished, as long as they never find out about the debauchery. Good thing this post is heavily locked down.

Haha, awesome! :D

Isn't it, though? I just love randomness.

Awesome... Your Honor. ::snicker:: There is just something odd about that in my head.

If that seemed natural to you, I'd be very very worried.

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That's hilarious ... and awesome. Good luck with that ... really. And G_d help your constituents.

They don't need help. They've all run in terror already.

Fucking genius!

Damn I love this country.

wow. i can't wait to find out what the job entails. next stop, the world!

Yeah. Good thing there's nothing in between precinct Election Judge and world dictator. Though if I do need a step in between, I'm thinking British House of Lords.

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outcastspice.livejournal.com - 2005-12-07 12:36 (UTC) - Expand

That is *wonderful*.

Heh, yeah. I think I need a robe now or something.

Go you, you public servant, you!

Based on this non-profit organization's website, it looks like you'll be receiving training from your local Board of Elections on how to run a fair and organized polling station -- nifty! And it also appears that you will receive some sort of pay: "Finally, election board officials receive monetary compensation for their time."

Oooh, thanks. Yeah, The Committee of Seventy is awesome in Philly, but I hadn't been able to find anything too thorough on their site about this particular job. You found the link I'm looking for, it seems.

I say you start off by establishing the official past time of philadelphia as pull my finger, and go from there

Man, I hope I have the power to do that.

Don't you need a law degree to be a judge?

It's not that kind of judge. I don't think. But I can pretend.

Well, at least ONE of us knows what the Judge of Elections does. Basically, you keep things running smoothly at the polling station and you make sure that the partisans outside the door keep their distance from the actual voting area and don't harrass the voters themselves (I don't know exactly what powers you have to exercise, but I'm pretty sure you can order people around if they're disobeying the law). Anyway, just ask the City Commissioner if you need more info.

--Jeff

Yeah, I've managed to glean that much. But what about the details: Who do I report to, what specifically (to the anal level of detail that you know governments can provide) do I have to do, and so on. I'll call the Commissioner's office soon. But thanks.

that's pretty funny. good going! wonder what the 'monetary compensation' is...

Honestly, if it hits 4 figures per year, I'd be shocked. But we'll see; this has shocked me once so far already...

Congratulations. I wholeheartedly endorse writing in people one likes for blank or uncontested positions, but actually getting elected that way is even better.

It seems that everyone else is too jaded to try this.

This is probably the most hilarious thing I will read today. I can't believe that write-ins work! Congrats! Hmmm...now I know someone in government:)

I guess I need to develop a personal position on nepotism at some point.

Congrats!

You are officially my hero.

Thanks!

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