November 02, 2004
Advantage #492 of small town living
Went to my local polling place at 8:05, right after it opened. No lines. I knew half the people there. Probably more than half -- Bob, Hillary, Tina, Francis, Thelma, Lorna, Jay's wife (whose name I can never remember). No ID hassles because the people checking me in knew who I was (although they did try to sound official when they said "Name, please" before checking me off the list).
Get out and vote everyone, even if it isn't that easy where you are!
Posted by peter at November 2, 2004 08:23 AMjust to balance it off: advantage #517 of living in the city - I voted early last week at the central library on my way home from work. no lines, no hassles, and no one asked for id, just my polling booklet that I got in the mail, and everyone was wicked nice and psyched up--than I hopped on public transit and was home in 15 minutes. yeah city and country living!
Posted by: jess at November 2, 2004 12:46 PMI voted a month or so ago when I got my ballot in the mail. My landlady was counting votes this year in Bethel and actually got to count her OWN votes since she was running for Justice of the Peace [and won!]
Posted by: jessamyn at November 7, 2004 04:15 PM