Votiing – it energizes me. I voted this morning – twice in fact. [Once for myself, and I dropped off Ashlan’s ballot.]
We got to the polls about 6:50 (10 minutes before they opened). We were about 30th in line. My carpooler was about 15 in front of us. We were done by 7:20.
In King County they have been condensing many polling places to a few, so there were about 16 precincts. Finding the right little line after the signs were blocked by those in front was a bit difficult. But I can always think of better ways to arrange things for next time.
But alas, in Washington there will be no next time. We are going to all mail voting. 74% already vote by mail, and it is a cost saving measure. But I still don’t like it.
As I was waiting to put my ballot through the scanning machine, and put Ashlan’s into the drop off box, the man in front of me commented on the huge turnout (compared to most elections), we decided it was “fun” and that we would miss the social aspect of voting.
I am still energized. But – the Washington Governor’s race is expected to be quite close (129 votes last time), so I don’t particularly want to watch the results tonight. Think maybe we’ll get some movies.
If you have not already, and are eligible – VOTE.
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November 4, 2008 at 9:55 am |
I think I would miss voting in the neighborhood on The Day, too. I already miss paper ballots—not much touchy-feely with machines. Maybe we need some other community activity to replace voting—or just community activities in general. After all, when did Block Captains disappear?
November 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm |
After a couple of less than happy experiences in the last two major elections, I was dreading today and wishing for mail-in voting. But the weather was nice and people were happy and a long lost buddy of mine was behind me in line.