Thank you :) It did dawn on me only recently, when I reluctantly accepted to participate at the request of someone I know; afterwards I found the process really

Thank you :) It did dawn on me only recently, when I reluctantly accepted to participate at the request of someone I know; afterwards I found the process really interesting and got to repeat the experience several times, in all positions (setting up the poll station, keeping the books all day, counting ballots, and monitoring the election as a "citizen surveyor" as permitted by law). It's also an occasion to speak all day long with people with whom you completely disagree politically, which is much too uncommon :)