Voting Oddity #1

As thousands of politically-hungry voters race to the polls today, we are going to be keeping a running tab of voting “oddities” — those strange, funny or down right unpleasant polling experiences we’ve all faced during one election or another.

The first one of the day comes from a former reporter. His polling place was in the lobby of the Bleu Chateau, a senior center at 1900 Grismer Avenue in Burbank.
Our guy got there promptly at 7 a.m. to cast his vote, but one of the volunteers forgot the ballot box at his house. So voting was delayed about 20 minutes as they waited for the ballot box to arrive.
When voters could finally begin inking their ballots, there was yet another problem. A television in the lounge area where people were voting was on — playing political commercials and all.
And to top it all off, there were no “I Voted!” stickers to hand out at the end of the entire ordeal. So even if you managed to live through the experience, you had no proof.