Yesterday, Election Day, I worked as a moderator in my voting district. Very interesting, high turnout, lots of new voters, some problems. We were lucky that we didn't run out of ballots. Not much reading to be done. I tend to bring cooking magazines with me and a crossword puzzle book. So, I read or rather, glanced at a few magazines that I had "saved" in between resolving problems and making sure things were running smoothly at the poll. After several times as moderator I feel a bit more comfortable setting up the tabulator, keeping voters happy and moving along, processing the results. And you certainly don't do it for the money. It's a long day (beginning at 4:45 am until finish which was about 9:30 pm) but I feel it is something I can do to give back to my community.