Election Day
Before going to work this morning, I stopped by the local elementary school to exercise my right as a citizen of the United States by voting. The ballot was especially long this year. There were quite a few amendments, referendums, judges up for approval, and a handful of state positions open for election.
There wasn’t a line when I got there a little after 8 AM, so we got our ballots very quickly. Then we hit the little booths that are setup for the height of a midget. I’m glad I didn’t have to stand there any longer than I did because my back started to hurt after bending over as much as I did to fill in the blanks.
I did have the option of using an electronic voting machine instead of the standard paper ballots. I’ve heard so many horrible things about the electronic voting machines that I opted to not use it. I like the paper trail that I leave behind when I vote with a paper ballot. It’s somehow reassuring that if the scan-tron machine goes haywire and loses all votes, then they can re-run the paper through the scanner and re-tally the votes.
I voted for most amendments and all but one of the referendums. There were some hot topics on this year’s ballot, so I won’t try to start a flame war by posting which way I voted.
When I vote for people that are running for office, I always do some research on the people. I ignore the stupid political ads because they are mostly worthless when it comes to trying to make a logical decision. I don’t affiliate myself with any particular political party, but in the past when I’ve taken tests to pigeon hole me into a party, I always come out Libertarian. Go figure. I did my research and picked my people this year, and all but one of them were Republican. Maybe I’m becoming more Republican in my old age. Who knows?
As always, this voting experience was a very good one. No lines. Clearly marked ballot. Good pen to mark the ballot. No wait to shove my ballot into the machine. All-in-all was a good thing.
