The Ballot Box is Here

[kevin_standlee]

The ballot box I ordered for use at Costume-Con and offered to Westercon and Worldcon for use in their elections arrived today. It looks good, and looks large enough to accommodate any election we're likely to hold.

The box came with a separate bracket for holding an 8 1/2 x 11-inch sign. To attach it, I had to uncover the two strips of adhesive and gently press the bracket to the box. I then tipped the box on its back to better secure the bracket. To my annoyance, I saw that a little speck of lint had managed to slide up under the lower of the two strips. Fortunately, the glue hadn't hardened completely, and I was able to get up in there with a knife and pick the lint out before finishing the job. With a completely clear plastic box, there's no room to hide mistakes.

I will save the packing material that came with the box. (In fact, I put it back in the packaging after checking it out and mounting the bracket.) This will almost certainly be the easiest way of transporting the box in the future, and will assure that it stays relatively safe. It is a tad bulky, although I should be able to store stuff inside the box while transporting it, which makes it less of a waste of space.

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Yeah for ballot boxes, says she who gave you the check last monday.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Much more practical than the crazy idea I had. You see I had an idea for a "Chicago Style" election for a local convention. Get containers, weigh containers, get them equal in weight (or close enough) using grains or BBs, then have people put in quarters, dimes, and half dollars as votes (their weight is proportional to their value). The most votes wins by weighing the things at the end of the contest. Glass jars so that everyone could see the election was being bought fair and square.

This actually got implemented a bit for our fictional guest of honor contest, but everyone seemed to take it a lot more seriously than I had intended. And we ended up using plastic trays, that was not nearly as cool.