Election, election, election... whew, I'll be glad when the US elections are over and the local municipal ones too. What with federal, foreign and local elections happening over a 5-week span, that's too many trips to the polls.

One thing I'm increasingly glad about - we don't have electronic voting machines to deal with here. Doing a paper ballot is labour-intensive, but there is something to be said for having a physical ballot. One choice to make, one piece of paper to mark, and a system in place to ensure as well as one can that votes cast are held securely and counted properly.

As one of those vote counters, it's a task I am very careful to do to the best of my ability. I take it seriously; my one day every two to three years (I work provincial and federal elections) to make the process work.