In some cities, there is a rather ugly side to voting. A heated city council race in Eden Prairie coupled with the highly partisan nature of the city and the divisive and ugly U.S. Congress race between Ashwin Madia and Erik Paulsen doesn't exactly add to the civility. No, the ugliness hasn't devolved in to people dumping pig blood on cars where they see a bumper sticker which they disagree with but instead has taken to the anonymous, faceless internet (look at the comments, you'll find it). This is the one day where people should truly put aside their political biases and, if they are well informed, get out and vote because our vote is part of the political process where a complete transfer of power can occur as often as every four years and the streets don't erupt in bloody riots with people overturning cars, looting businesses, raping nuns and burning kittens alive. The peaceful voting process is what makes this country better than some lesser places such as Canada. (Yeah, maple syrup wars can get ugly)
My voting process was smooth. I showed up around 7:30 AM to my polling place and saw an entire table (6 or 8) full of voters in the process of registering and each and every one of the 12 or so voting booths were full but with voters quickly cycling through. My ballot, when passed into the scanner, was just over number 100. For my rather small precinct, that's impressive and based on the age of the voters registering at that round table, the young voters are turning out en masse this year.
While I won't watch any news coverage until the early Daily Show airs at 9 PM, I am truly excited about this election.
Am I alone in having voted just after sunrise? Are you consuming every morsel of election-related news being published or broadcast today?
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6 comments:
Awww...but can't I at least loot one business? How about Krispy Kreme?
Best of luck finding a Krispy Kreme in Minnesota. They boarded them all up because they started selling those tasteless lumps at gas stations.
True-I haven't seen any Krispy Kremes-just thought of it now.
Voted around 11, spouse voted at 7-lines for him, not too bad for me. I took my son in the booth with me. Today felt satisfying.
I just got back from my town hall/former Methodist church in the country. The election judges were writing down guesses on how many voters would turn out. I was #318. Now, if I could just convince my hubby that our township decided, because of the big turnout, Republicans are supposed to vote tomorrow...
I voted early by mail-in ballot so didn't get to experience all of the fun. But I can't wait to watch the coverage tonight.
at our polling place someone ran over a batch of mccain signs. my husband, who did not vote for mccain but loathes such behavior, straightened them out again and stood them back up.
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