Early Voting at the [Incompetent] Clerk's office

Saturday while out doing Saturday stuff, I stopped downtown at the CCB to early vote. Found it interesting seeing Judge Gerald Zore standing at the revolving door passing out Dem flyers. After clearing security I made my way to the Clerk's Office where none other than the Clerk herself was standing at the door directing traffic and instructing voters. After that it was typical Clerk's office ineptness. Filled out the forms and showed my ID. The clerk working the poll book computer verifying my information could not find me. She checked my ID and looked at her screen and looked at my form and said "nothing matches" ... I suggested she spell my name correctly and she still could not find me. Finally I think a *.* type of search based upon street found me in the registration rolls.

So she hands me an envelope and puts a label on it indicating which primary I am voting in. I double check the envelope and it has a label on it with someone else's name on it, with the wrong party primary ballot!! I went back to the check-in table and informed the clerk there's a problem - this isn't me and I'm not voting Democrat.

Finally that get straightened out. I proceeded around the corner to the next room where I received my ballot. Ah! They actually hand me the correct ballot for my precinct. Wonders never cease.

So I vote, sign the envelope in the proper place, and hand it to the clerk that put it in the tubs that were quite full of ballots already. The building deputy told me that early voting is quite busy this time and from what she hears out of the Clerk's office registrations and mail-in voting is very heavy also.