Recommend this thread if you're going to take the day off for Obama tomorrow

I've asked for two vacation days: Nov 4 to canvas for Obama here in K.C.MO and Nov 5 to stay up for the election returns.
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What the heck.

But I took personal days for Mon-Tue-Wed. Woo Hoo!

I work weekends at a local hotel. I am going in to the nearest office for the afternoon to make phone calls.

If I was set to work though I would ask for it off. I am the political nut at work and the others aren't involved at all. I am just lucky the two I work with voted for Obama. Most I can get from them. The bosses are wacko neo cons.

He having "floating" holidays we can take whenever, shift work and all.
Getting paid for today and the big day!

6 am to 8 pm.

Since I was laid off last week I got time to spare.

I'd thought the positions were volunteer, and I'd called last week trying to find out if they needed any help.

They didn't then, but I gave them my number to keep in case someone canceled, and one of the ladies who had been scheduled to work at my precinct had to cancel because her husband was hospitalized.

I may not be specifically working for Obama, but I think I'll be doing some good this way. (Plus, most poll workers are older and not-so-great with computers, so the fact I'm decent with computers might be a big help!)

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Not that I'll be worth a shit to anyone here anyway... sheesh.

to work my poll - I'm a local (unpaid) Dem committeeperson.

The question is: how late will my friends and I be up tomorrow night? How much will I drink in an effort to counter-act the adrenilin? Will I get ANY sleep?

or whatever else needs be done.

Canvassing tomorrow here in south-western Ohio.

Drinking liberally with the local Obama field office group at Champps after the polls close.

Recovering on Wednesday.

I'll be assembling and setting up the voting machines tonight-- then working tomorrow at my precinct's polling place from 5:30am to at least 8:00pm (depending upon when the last voters leave, when all the audit tapes can be run, and when all the other paper work can be finished up).

A very long day, but a great way to be involved.

Democracy wouldn't work without people like you!

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day off for me by necessity.

to savor it all.

They will be doing election issue presentations so it should be fun.

:)

Unless they've decided to put me on the phones.

won't be here to enjoy:(

but will do Wednesday to hopefully glory in an Obama victory.

Gobama!

Just started a new job 2 weeks ago and have no vacation/sick time to take. I plan on taking off Inauguration Day!!!

Gobama.

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I'm going to make sure that everyone who is entitled to vote gets to vote and after the voting is done, I'm going to make sure the canvassing is done properly so that no votes are spoiled, lost, or cast aside. When I'm done, I'm coming home for a piece of sweet potato pie to celebrate Obama's big win! :dem: :dem: :dem: K&R!

Edit to get my third donkey to kick.

I get tuesday off from sept. to dec.

I'll be a poll worker with a 15 hour day tomorrow.

of course, I am also the employee, with my husband...really small business. But it's important to us.

A half day today and going back now to phone bank!

I work at a newspaper, so it'll be an exciting night. I'm off Wednesday, which I will spend sleeping -- because I'll be at work until at least 1 a.m. -- and watching the celebrations on TV.

We generally rotate our Poll Watches throughout the day and move people over to other duties so they don't get "burnt out". I'll be doing whatever is asked of me, whether that is going back to the polls or something else.

Wednesday would really be a good day to take off. But I have several appointments.

It was great today and I look forward to tomorrow.

We won't be up all that late looking at returns, as it will be over before 9:30 p.m.

And off Wednesday cuz I'm thinking I'll be up all night Tuesday!

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I'm a contract wage earner, so no work no money.

I wish I could take all of Wednesday off too. I'm not gonna be worth a darn.

Did door hangers today - unsure where I'll be needed tomorrow and having a huge party at my house to watch the results come in.

(And I haven't cleaned the house yet...) I think I have to go to bed in about 5 minutes so I can get up at 3am to prepare for the party before going to the polls, before going to the field office, before hosting a party, before...

Bringing in a variety of beverages and sandwiches, too.

On the one hand I can't believe it's finally here. On the other hand it seems like this primary season has lasted forever. Kind of like a kid at Xmas I guess.

I'm going to work extra hours Thursday but it will be SO worth it. :D

:woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

:hug: Have fun and get that vote out!

Hey, I like the Norwegian flag, that is part of my ancestry.

back when I first put it together...and then Failin' Palin came along with her "yoobetchas" and it kinda pissed me off *lol*

:hug:

yes INDEED

I went grocery shopping on Monday morning, did four loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed & mopped, etc etc. With all of my chores done and with no work looming, I can relax in front of the television and watch the fallout for the next four days.. :dance:

Other then that, I'm taking the 4th and 5th off.

If my exam schedule had not been so ridiculous, I would've taken a road trip to a swing state to do GOTV there. I really like volunteering on election day but unfortunately it just wasn't to be this year.

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Hopefully, I'll get call and be able to help out for awhile.

Otherwise, I'll be around the house.

Should I go to the KCMO or to the Independence office? I signed up at KCMO but my staff is going to Independence. So many choices.

...even though, as an independent photographer, I can take a "vacation day" whenever I want.

but i'm a johnny come lately to the Obama volunteer effort. late but not never! :hi:

and was denied. Yes I am pissed off about it.

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GOTV and watching news and returns. I wouldn't be able to sit still at work.

I didn't work this past weekend or Monday. I'm not going to work today, and tomorrow is still up in the air... probably won't work.

BTW, I'm my own boss. :evilgrin:

And I had yesterday off, too!

working Wednesday, tho.

I teach third graders (who voted 13-2 for Obama in my class vote), and I really can't take off another day. They need me and I need them.
I'll be mighty tired tomorrow, but that's o.k.

...and I'm not even in the US, or a US citizen!

But I wouldn't miss the results for the world. Be staying up overnight to watch the results - so I'll need to take tomorrow off to get some sleep.

I'll be flicking between the news channels & keeping up with the REAL DEAL with DU (of course!).

Got FoxNews set up on my PVR, as I want to keep their "coverage" for posterity to cheer me up when I'm feeling down....


(I'm thinking FoxNews "Obama Wins" screenshot for my pc desktop) ;)

I will spend the rest of the day doing whatever they need me to do. See you tomorrow to celebrate the good news.

My LIT teacher gave us wed. morning's class off specifically so that we can stay up late for election results. All we have to do is make a mock-up lesson plan about it.

Oswego "I usually skip it anyways" Atheist

I am off today to to sit and watch the news all day. OBAMA Yes we can

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included. Mr. Snappy said he was taking the day off and I didn't believe him...however, he is! Gave his crew the day off too to make certain they vote! We're checking up on them! Although, they're all fired up for Sen.Obama so we should have no worries in our immediate little world.

GO OBAMA!! :woohoo:

them the entire day off, which they'll be paid for if they show that they've voted. I haven't yet found a job here in tinyruraltown, so I don't have to worry about it. We're just gonna walk down to the post office and check our mail, then go next door and vote!!!

Quite a change from four years ago, when I was still living in Ohio in an urban area, and single. Little did I know that not even a year later I'd be moving to South Dakota and things would change forever. My only regret about that is not being able to vote in Ohio today. South Dakota is already reliably in the bag for McSame/Failin', I don't think anything would ever change that. Ohio, otoh, is really in play, will be hard fought to the end and every single vote counts. My family and friends there say it's so divided that it could go either way and they don't know yet at this point which way that'll be.

...to allow my morning students (Comm. College) time to vote. I took the day as well.

May be nursing a victory hangover.

I'm a stay at home dad with twins, so I don't get a 'day off.' Wifey and I have made preparations for the returns extravaganza tonight. Chicago pizza for dinner, blue corn chips with guacamole and star shaped sugar cookies frosted blue for snacks and dessert, bottle of champagne chilling, and bottle of whiskey just in case. Other than the occasional kids show for the boys, I plan on monitoring the festivities all day long on the tv. During kids shows, I will most likely be on DU on my iPhone, and during naptime I will certainly be on my laptop getting the latest updates.

I need to be here with my friends to celebrate. We've all made a pact that no matter what time we get to bed, we're coming to the office to celebrate.

on Wednesday to celebrate but I have to be in a seminar.

staying up to watch the returns tonite and hoping that Wednesday will be a new day for all of us.

K+R

And a du filled half day at that!!!

Last time I stayed late working on election day was 2000... Gooooobama!!!!$!!!!!!!!11111

and today for Obama GOTV. Took both days off. It's Political Junkie High Holy Days, I mean c'mon! :-)

in various areas of Southern California.

We're starting with mimosas...

;)

I also stopped cutting my hair until the day Obama is elected and the Corrupt Republican Fascist are swept from office. I am one of the many people that left the workforce in protest of how they were spending my taxes.

Funny thing is, when you don't make much money, you really don't get any benefit from any Tax cut. Tax cuts benefit those that have meaningful taxable income.

Even when you do make enough taxable income, any smart idiot can reduce those taxes to an insignificant amount by using a smart tax perparer that is well versed with the overly complicated tax laws.

I can't believe that my Vacation lasted almost 5 long years, but retaining ones ethics is not cheap, nor easy to do.

The minute Obama is inagurated, I will leave the ranks of ex-professionals once again and do my part for the US. I'm looking forward to it.

will be taking off the rest of the week. I voted early and am now going to be attending an election watch party in Antigua, Guatemala at a local Gringo bar, the "Mono Loco". It should be interesting seeing the election from a foreign country this time.

but I've taken tomorrow off work - it'll be very late UK time by the time the results are in!

Sure wish the Dems were more organized. My list is crap. This stupid VAN computer system in Florida sucks, or else the changes that are being entered into the database are not sticking. So many of the tel nos are no longer good, or people don't live there anymore, etc.

Disappointing.... but doing what I can.

Court day, pretty worried so wish me luck everyone. Maybe the judge will be happy and do good by me.

Of course afterwards, I'll be watching poll results and such.

:-(

But, YES, I AM!!!!!

:-)

...but I'm working at a newspaper and there's some news I want to make sure gets out Wednesday morning.

I'm laid off cause the economy's in the crapper, I already got the day off, lol. I'm gonna enjoy tomorrow a little more then usual, that's for sure. My heart is swelling with pride every time I see another blue state pop on the map.

I was THRILLED almost to tears when the called Ohio for Obama, We finally flipped to BLUE (although my county still didn't)