A few of you know I am an election judge in the Houston area. In October I will be working early voting for the November election.

Something tells me it won& #39;t be smooth sailing. 1/

First, I agreed to work the election because they really needed a Republican alternate judge in the location I& #39;m assigned to. That provides the checks to the Democrat presiding judge.

Not enough people work elections in general. Early voting is even harder to staff. 2/

Additionally, early voting has been expanded to three weeks in Texas. Not crazy about that, but I get it. We start on 10/13.

And as alternative judge, I& #39;ll work 14 hour days most of the time. 6 am to 8 pm or later. (the overtime is great though) 3/