Josh Stabenow’s team in Palolo realized early-on that the masses weren’t going to fit in the cafeteria, so we went to the area displaying our precinct number, we voted and left by the back door as new voters came in the front.

There were a lot of canes and walkers and it seemed to me a lot of people who were born, like me, when we were a territory. There was also a sense that it was important to be there and the fact that it required standing in line didn’t seem to diminish that feeling.

I suspect that many of us who volunteered along the way will do so again and, hopefully, provide more useful information.