tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1006876148490969887..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: PostElection: The Polling Place Bake Sale ZoneJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-20523083298952349882013-11-07T11:45:12.494-06:002013-11-07T11:45:12.494-06:00i cast my vote at a museum in minneapolis.
they ...i cast my vote at a museum in minneapolis. <br /><br />they offered 15% off items at their gift shop on election day.<br /><br />i laughed to myself at their opportunism and again when i read your blog posts about school bake sales. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-84093007556246698792013-11-06T21:11:08.869-06:002013-11-06T21:11:08.869-06:00I live in Houston, and my kids' elementary sch...I live in Houston, and my kids' elementary school always had an election-day bake sale, so I guess that blows the whole "zone" theory.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-5804392667865070862013-11-06T17:26:06.560-06:002013-11-06T17:26:06.560-06:00I voted in a school in northern VA, no bake sale. ...I voted in a school in northern VA, no bake sale. <br /><br />I have distinct memories of bake sales at the school my folks voted at in upstate NY in the 80s and 90s.Matt Glassmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-84765540133455264692013-11-06T16:44:03.055-06:002013-11-06T16:44:03.055-06:00I've had two polling places in Chicago over th...I've had two polling places in Chicago over the past few years. One is at the local park's field house, and it always has a bake sale; the other is at a local tavern that, sadly, provides neither bake sale nor beer during voting hours. So chalk one up for IL.Pete Rauskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15145008779008850682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-56593964403080681142013-11-06T15:35:51.953-06:002013-11-06T15:35:51.953-06:00I remember having them in New Orleans, in at least...I remember having them in New Orleans, in at least one of the schools at which I voted. Sadly, not recently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com