Pick your answer from the following:
Current Standings:
How the Votes Have Been Cast
You've found the EastBayRag vote page. Here, you get the opportunity to let us know what you think. Each week, we will have votes on important issues. Well, probably not important issues, more like trivial things that come to mind on a Sunday morning after a belly full of beer from a Saturday night.
This week's current vote is shown above. After the votes are in, EBR will provide in depth analysis of the results so you can find out if you are running with the crowd or if you're out there on your own. You never know, you may even learn something, but that's highly unlikely. Analysis of last week's vote is shown below. If you want to see historic votes, checkout the vote archives.
Oh! And the cool thing before I forget, the graphs update as you vote ...... Wow! And what's more, the colors are allocated randomly, so each time you refresh the page, you will see different colors on the graphs. (F5 is normally the shortcut key to refresh, but may depend on your browser.) Go on .... try it.
Analysis of Last Week's Vote
The following question was presented:
OK, so I did one of these types of questions before where I'd know the answer before this vote goes live, but I don't know the answer before posting the question. I have been summoned to jury duty and I have to phone up, well, anytime now as of typing this question to see whether I need to go. I'm not exactly sure of the process, but I'm guessing that I phone the number and they will either tell me that I'm good and I don't need to do anything or I'll be told when and where to show up. I could be wrong on this, but I then think I get interviewed to determine if I'll actually be selected. I guess I may find out, but, then again, I may not if I'm not selected. Anyway, will I have to do jury service this week?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 60% of the votes selected from the following:
- No; not needed (40%)
- No; summoned but dismissed (0%)
- Yes (60%)
Analysis:
I thought I was going to be on a treasure hunt. I called the night before as instructed and the instructions I got were to call again the following day between 11:30 and 12:00 to see if you were needed in the afternoon. This did bother me a little bit as I live at least an hour away from the court and I'm not sure how much lead time they would have given me or if the afternoon started at 2:00. Regardless, the instructions I got at 11:30 were that I was not needed so I'm happy.