You may now call me "Your Honor".

[desh]

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.)

Comments

[angrychicken.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[burr86.livejournal.com]

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

[folk.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I say again.

[erin.livejournal.com]

dead
dead
dead

Congrats :)

[tobeginagain.livejournal.com]

You're joking, right?

[desh]

100% serious.

[sleepsong.livejournal.com]

God, I love our government...

[zorkian]

Is this because you wrote your name in or something?

[zorkian]

Oh, and:

http://66.107.4.19/judgeofelection.htm

[lord-emo.livejournal.com]

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."

[malerin.livejournal.com]

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

[benjifus.livejournal.com]

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

well...it's a start. b

[spratt.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA. Fantastic! :D

[tammy.livejournal.com]

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

[janinedog]

Haha, awesome! :D

[lunrgoddess.livejournal.com]

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

[eboniorchid.livejournal.com]

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

[captainjew.livejournal.com]

Fucking genius!

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

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

[rahaeli.livejournal.com]

That is *wonderful*.

[sarahq.livejournal.com]

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."

[desh]

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.

[desh]

Thanks!

[desh]

::bangs gavel::

[desh]

Seriously. Even I can't stop laughing.