This is of course from the classic work by Charles Dickens, “A Muppets NPWRD Carol”
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“What’s to-day, my fine fellow?” said Scrooge. “To-day!” replied the boy. “Why, it’s National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.” “It’s still NPWRD?” said Scrooge “I haven’t missed it!” THERE’S STILL TIME - CELEBRATE THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, SIGN UP NOW!https://www.powerthepolls.org/Pizza
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A lot of folks don’t realize it but NPWRD was originally a pagan tradition we inherited from the Romans to celebrate the god of form filling out Originally in winter before - it was moved to late fall when the Emperor Tiberius added his own 60 day month to the end of the year
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When Tiberius croaked, Caligula trashed his uncle’s old month but kept the holiday in September as most forms were paper back then and it was a bummer to do it in winter Arguably the high point of Caligula’s reign after the whole horse senator thing
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And of course the holiday has grown to incorporate traditions from other cultures - the Tannenboar (“clipboard” in Old German) became associated with the holiday during the carolingian renaissance
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The holiday hasn’t always been as widespread as it is today - in fact early pilgrims in the Massachusetts Bay Colonies banned the holiday As strict Calvinists they believed if you were predestined to be a poll worker you’d just show up on Election Day, no signup needed
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Nevertheless the holiday spread across our new nation - buoyed by the time honored traditions we’ve all grown up with and love dearly • Signing up at https://PowerThePolls.org/Pizza • And with your local election official • Attending the traditional zoom town hall
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