Not working as a judge no more. 30 or 40 years is long enuf. I started at a VFW on Lake Street where the walls were a foot deep, at least, with cigarette smoke and the whole room could be thorwn into stark illumination by one central 60 watt incandescent light bulb. The counters on the 'big iron' voting machines were hard to read at the best of times -- like an old timey gas meter -- and the dark, smokey lack of light didn't help. Having them two inches off the floor helped a little because you were afraid what you might find if you had to dig in the carpet. And I was younger, sprier, and better sighted. Early voting has helped so much to cut down waiting lines on election day, and electronic pollbooks have helped to decrease out-of-precinct, err, accidents, and speedup same day registrations. It's a more friendly election day now than it ustta be. I've almost forgotten the after election day I got home at 4:15 am.