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November 4th, 2008
12:34 pm - "I Voted" stickers = Sexy!
Many of you know, it is my opinion that the sexiest accessory that anyone might wear is an "I Voted" sticker. I have mine on today, and I hope that you have yours.
This election cycle has had a pleasant build-up, as sexy stickers go: no fault absentee voting (a.k.a. "early voting") has shown a pleasant lead-in to today's frenzy of stickers.
Get a picture of yourself with your sticker today. . . Maybe tomorrow we'll have a post for sexy "I Voted" stickers (and yes, your sticker counts, even if it says something other than "I Voted," so long as it's what you wear to show you voted)?
This morning, I braved the lines as I have in the past. I arrived at my polling place at 6:15 AM, and was greeted with a line longer than the one I encountered in 2004. Settling in for a long wait, I had my brand new copy of the Rgveda (Griffith's complete translation, finally!) with me, and as I watched dawn prepare to break over the gymnasium I was to vote in, I read two hymns: RV IV.51 and RV IV.52, both about Usas, the dawn. I wasn't really planning to read them (they're hymns I have not often read), but they were wonderfully appropriate for this election and this time of year, and my book sort of fell open to these two hymns this morning.
The first hymn states that "the far-refulgent Mornings, Daughters of Heaven, bring welfare to the people."
And the second, "thou layest bare the gloom with light."
No matter who is elected, change will come. I'm positive of that. I'm not so sure whether the change will be good or bad, or even if I can be certain that one candidate will manage better than the other, should he be elected. Today is the first blush of that changing dawn, though, and I felt blessed to be part of it.
I waited in line for an hour and a half total. As there was four years ago, there was confusion about which school to vote in. This year, they started telling people about the other polling place at 6:30 AM, however, instead of waiting until 8 AM.
The key difference between this year and 2004, however, was that in 2004 there were four voting machines, and in 2008 there were ten. Franklin County has nearly doubled the number of voting machines this year, which is what we ought to have done in 2004, when voter turnout was projected by the then-Secretary of State at 73% (instead, he moved machines from Democratic areas to Republican areas with a net increase of 13 machines). In addition, paper ballots were also offered to anyone wishing to use those instead, which decreased wait time.
While there was some normal confusion at the polls (no matter what, things can't go smoothly), the lines moved reasonably fast and I didn't notice any of those dreaded "irregularities" that I noted last time. The law against campaigning at the polls was enforced somewhat erratically, but probably most appropriately: even sample ballots from political parties were banned from being shown in the voting area, but we were informed we could take them out once we were in the booth. Perhaps the most annoying part of the whole thing was the fact that they weren't registering people fast enough (they had little old ladies at the registration desk, squinting at the small-print books), and so there were times when voting booths were actually vacant for a short time while the line was still about an hour long.
People came out in droves, though, and most people were good-humoured about it. A number even brought their kids to participate.
Today, I'm rather proud of our system. I'm happy with the turnout. While the time it took to cast my ballot was not much improved (I actually waited longer than my 1 hour 20 minute wait from 2004), I feel far more confident in this election that my voice will be heard than I was in the last election. I've been singing the Jimmy Buffett song in my "current music" field all morning. Here's hoping that tomorrow's song isn't "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money."
It was a beautiful morning to watch the refulgent dawn and know that tomorrow will be the first of many brighter dawns to come.
Current Location: Southeast of Disorder
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) cheerful
Current Music: "Good Guys Win", -JB
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November 6th, 2006
11:29 am - Tomorrow, get thee to the polls. . .
I received a flier in my mail the other day.
The cover was simple, efficient, and stirred up emotions.
The words printed there were simple, clear, and left no doubt about the intention:
September 11, 2001
November 7, 2006
Two important days for America's future.
Now, I've seen some low ads. The one that calls Mary Jo Kilroy a supporter of the KKK because she allowed the KKK to have their First Amendment rights is particularly standing out in my head. I also like Sherod Brown being all about the druggies in his campaign. And who could forget my favourite, that Strickland should have stood up, but sat down, while NAMBLA stood up and cheered. Yes, it's clear that we should vote for Blackwell, mostly on his amazing knowledge of the North American Man-Boy Love Association's practices.
But this one. . . well, it's good to know that the RNC is making good on its promise not to campaign using images of Sept. 11th. Not that they ever managed to keep that promise in previous races: Bush used it after specifically stating that he had "no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue" in 2003.
I'm glad that casting a vote for a Democrat has somehow become casting a vote for a terrorist regime to take over the US. I was all breathless worrying about how to vote. Now that I've seen that a vote that goes the DNC way is like saying we might have made mistakes in Iraq, that the Patriot Act and suspension of habeus corpus is possibly in danger of being overturned, or that we might, say, sell our ports to foreign governments (oh, wait: that already happened), I think I have an idea of how to vote.
How is it that the Republican Party, the Grand Old Party, the good guys who know how to run a government so cleanly and efficently. . . how is it that they can make me, a voter who thinks on his feet, kinda leans Republican, works to know and understand the issues, and is generally all about having less government in their lives. . .
How is it that I now look like a crazy, left-wing Democratic liberal?
I miss the GOP. Someone, anyone: can you tell me where it is?
Go out and vote your conscience tomorrow, kids.
Washington doesn't seem to have one: we have to be their conscience for them.
(And remember, I find people who vote to be amazingly sexy. . .)
Current Location: Southeast of Disorder
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: "Fins", -JB
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May 2nd, 2006
08:16 am - Get out and vote!
Anyone know a good spell for cleansing?
I had to declare a political party when I went in to vote. I'd like to banish the bad mojo that I can feel hanging around me.
I feel all. . . dirty now.
*shivers*
Please provide any banishing spells in the comments. . . Tongues that rest firmly in a cheek are more than welcome :)
Remember, people with "I Voted" stickers are officially sexy, in my book.
Current Location: Southeast of Disorder
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/sad.gif) dirty
Current Music: "Today's Message", -JB
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November 8th, 2005
01:21 pm - I voted sexy. . . did you?
Today, I have decided that I find one thing incredibly sexy:
"I Voted" stickers.
It doesn't matter where you've placed it, or what kind of sticker it is, so long as it indicates that you voted in today's elections.
But today (or last Tuesday, if your date was different), I wanna see your sticker, baby.
If you can, post a picture of you with your sticker in my comments or on your LJ.
I'll appreciate it. :)
( Mine's below the cut, baby. Open up and see. )
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: "Mexico", -JB
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