D&D and the rising pandemic

[Maxperson]

Polling site administration varies a lot by state and district. In my last county, every elementary and middle school kicked out polling sites for reasons of covid, despite the fact that public and the students don't mix. And wisely so, imo, since the divider between the polling site and the rest of the school in many older buildings was sometimes nothing more than a line of masking tape or something.

Here in California they put the polling place in one of the auditoriums that opens up to or very near the outside of the school, so contact isn't going to happen.

 

[Ryujin]

Unfortunately, we can't trust the Catholic schools to avoid being political around here. They've been fighting some of the county's efforts to control the pandemic in my area.

In Ontario, Canada, funding for Catholic schools by government is guaranteed under the British North America Act. Yes, a document dating back to 1867, at Confederation. It has been a (pardon the pun) royal mess since then. On the other hand, by court ruling, you don't have to be Catholic in order to attend the Catholic board schools.

 

[J.Quondam]

Here in California they put the polling place in one of the auditoriums that opens up to or very near the outside of the school, so contact isn't going to happen.

 

[Umbran]

Actually wander, no, but they have to walk to the area in which polling is occurring. In the two schools where I usually vote that's the gymnasium/multi-purpose room, which is at the back of the school. You have to go through a fair bit of the school to get there, by default, and they've never seemed to get it into their heads that both gyms have REAR ACCESS fire doors. I went to one of these schools, a lifetime ago, and it would be simple in that school to use one rear door for entry and the other for exit, in order to maintain social distancing.

Yeah, around here, they'd use that rear entrance.

I expect we have greater distrust of random adults interacting with unsupervised kids.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The flip side is that "AI/automation will replace everyone in 20 years" has been a fear for... 40 years or so.

Even so, automation probably more a question of “when”, not “if” for an increasing number of jobs.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, around here, they'd use that rear entrance.

I expect we have greater distrust of random adults interacting with unsupervised kids.

Generally speaking, when the schools here are used to host political events, it’s either after hours or classes are cancelled. And access to most of the buildings is severely limited.

Public libraries, OTOH, not so much.

 

[J.Quondam]

We used to have polling sites in grocery stores. Covid put the kibosh on that.

eta: However, when covid first shut down a lot of restaurants, music venues, hotel, etc, quite a lot of those places opened up their facilities for polling last year, which was nice of them! That has largely ended, though, now that businesses are largely back open.

 

[Zardnaar]

Some of these stories are odd for me. They use schools here as polling locations but it's a Saturday and you can vote early two weeks out from election.

I voted last year in Covid alert levels and they spaced everything out.

Basically pupils and public don't mix.

Nephew was a bit upset schools reopened yesterday.

 

[J.Quondam]

Not surprised it sounds odd. Voting in the US is a hodge-podge of rules, systems, and priorities. It's all run by the states, with little federal authority.
It's something of a mess-- some states more so than others.

 

[Zardnaar]

Not surprised it sounds odd. Voting in the US is a hodge-podge of rules, systems, and priorities. It's all run by the states, with little federal authority.
It's something of a mess-- some states more so than others.

I know the big picture stuff just not the itty gritty of what's involved on the ground.