I Voted in the School Election and Was the Only One There

Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 -0600

I went to vote in the Gallatin County school district election on Tuesday. When I arrived at my polling location at 2 p.m., the poll worker looked up from her book with the expression of someone who had not seen another human being in several hours. She thanked me for coming. Twice.

I was voter number fourteen. At 2 p.m. For an election that determines how our schools are funded. People in this town will wait forty-five minutes for a breakfast burrito but cannot find ten minutes to vote on their children’s education. I don’t have children, and I still showed up. You’re welcome, Bozeman.

Civic-Life on The Bozeman Daily Bee

I Voted in the School Election and Was the Only One There