Voting

I planned to get to the polling place first thing in the morning, but when I drove by at 7:15, there were parked cars lined up for a couple hundred yards down the street. I didn’t want to wait in that line. I drove on to work and planned to go in the evening.

Every couple of hours through the work day, I checked the news sites to see how things were going. All reports talked about very long waits, problems with machines, and, in our area, rain.

Well, I figured I’d need to go get in the line as soon as I left work. I told Cowgrit my intentions, and that I might be a little late getting home.

It was dark and raining all the drive from my office, but when I reached the polling place, there were very few cars even in the parking lot — none were parked out on the street like in the morning.

I parked, walked up the walk way — had half a dozen people shove campaign papers at me, and had one guy introduce himself as a candidate for something — and into the building. I followed the signs, gave my name, got my ballot, filled it out, and put it through the machine. I was back in my car less than five minutes after getting out of it.

Thank you to everyone who got out and voted early. You made it easy for me to get in and out in a breeze.

Bullgrit