Oh, what to do, what to do....
I have plenty to do, preparing to assume the responsibilities of the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and wrapping up my responsibilities at the election office.
More, that's the question with this blog.
This blog has been an unofficial voice--an administrator's personal voice, not associated with any official site.
It can't really continue in its current form. The EAC website contains a blog with posts from the Commissioners.
Yet, this site has a brand, with nearly 100,000 unique visits since its inception.
And, it serves a purpose, especially in a presidential election year when overall interest in elections is at its highest. Election administration issues will see their most widespread attention then.
I've given thought to curating the site, making it a place where several election administrators post regularly. That would make it have more frequent content, and it truly would have the diary aspect.
Readership may increase. The profession, and our common issues, may gain more visibility.
If you are an election administrator and this interests you, please let me know. If a panel of, say, 10 administrators regularly updated, we'd have a daily update, probably, and that would be very diary-esque.
It might even elevate the site to place where it becomes The Huffington Post of Elections or, at least, a link on such a site.
I have loved doing Election Diary. It started leading into the 2012 Presidential Election. Maybe, as we head into 2016, it becomes a "if you love somebody, set them free" kind of thing.
I'm envisioning a little gallery of photos-but-not-photos, in that Wall Street Journal sketchy kind of way, of administrators across the country who contribute when they want to, and the collection becomes our own version of the CNN across-the-country view of what's going on.
Thus....what to do, what to do.
In the meantime, dear reader, if you return here only to see this post for a while know that the pause is intentional.
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3 comments:
I like the idea of multiple election posters, elections tend to get so steeped in "urban legend/black box" type media that it would be great to have a place where real election people are present to talk about reality.......
I concur with multiple posters, but your comments/thoughts/musings will be missed. MJ
I just learned about your new job. You'll be missed. Good work in Johnson Co. I've been an election worker since I retired in 2006, and have much more appreciation of the election process than I ever did before. Thank you for the training. And thanks for the blog - an interesting read. Best of luck in your new position.
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