Before

11/2/20- Kinston, NY resident Andy Cariello prepares for his position as key master at the polls, helping to run the ballot machine.

Andy vents about the job ahead of him. “The training was very lax. I’m nervous about getting it wrong, screwing up people’s votes. It feels like a lot of responsibility.”

During

11/3/20- 5:35 AM. The sun has yet to come up when many Americans get ready to hit the polls.

“I wish I had voted earlier,” one woman laments. “I’m kicking myself now. God, is it freezing…”

A passive aggressive fight broke out as a family of five attempted to cut the line. No punches were thrown, but tensions are high. Clearly everyone is cold and tired.

A pair of the plastic gloves provided to every voter were abandoned on the sidewalk. One can only imagine how much waste these (necessary) precautions make.

After (?)

We won’t be getting any real answers tonight. Votes will continue coming in for the next few days at least. But luckily Andy’s day was successful.

“We had no idea what we were doing at first.,” he laughs. “We’re scrambling to get ready with a line of people out the door. We plug in the ballot machine and nothing. It turned on for a second then died! A tech guy from the board of elections came and fixed it, thank God. He pushed a single button and it came back on.”

“There were tons of first time voters of all ages. We clapped for them when they came out.”

Andy is exhausted, as is the whole country. Here’s hoping for some solid answers soon.

11/4/20- Gatsby relaxes with the paper. He’s not worried about the results.