Rejected Ballots Arrive

You sort mail in a small election office when a pile of rejected ballots arrives unexpectedly.

You sit at a cluttered wooden desk beneath flickering fluorescent lights as a co-worker pushes a box toward you. Inside are dozens of rejected mail ballots from recent local elections, and an urgent phone call awaits regarding how to handle them. The weight of potential disenfranchisement presses down as you reach into the box.

Start here: Write the moment you lift the box lid and see the sealed ballots.

Focus

Concrete detail

One rule

Do not mention specific locations or political figures