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November 08, 2005
I voted
Rolling out of bed this morning, after an all-night paper writing binge, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that I had something left undone. As I sat blinking at my computer, Janus snuggled up against my headrest it, it finally hit me: “Special Election”. I don’t know what’s so special about these; every year in March and November we vote on some damned thing or another. Heinlein made fun of us for it back in the mid 1980s, and it’s only gotten worse since...
My brain was still a bit fuzzy, and I had no idea where to vote. So I hopped on Google and typed in “yolo county registrar voters” From there I was able to quickly find my polling station...
Well, I found where Google said my station ought to be. I still had to get into my car and drive over. The place was easy enough to find, follow the other cars and the American flag. Also the “vote here” signs were a nice clue...
Step into the booth, ballot in hand. Use one of the archaic butterfly ballots, Punch. Punch, Punch, Stuck. Huh? Perhaps I got it. Pull the ballot out. Hm. The @!#$!#$ chad is pregnant! Didn’t they fix this? Put the ballot back in, jiggle the handle, punch again. There we go...
Got my sticker, told them about the problem and went home. Oh, and I recommend Californians Vote NO on everything today...
Posted by Andrew at November 8, 2005 11:16 AM
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