In past elections it has taken only a few minutes to vote at my local polling place. Yesterday it took three hours. It was a good time. The weather was nice and the mood was festive, if not electric.
Thinking the vote was going to take a few minutes I had skipped breakfast. For that reason the Dunkin' Donuts donut I ate on the walk home was about the most satisfying Dunkin' Donuts donut I've ever eaten.
Standing on line for three hours put a damper on wanting to go for a long walk. I still went for a walk, and had a conversation with a charming cheesemonger, but my energy was rapidly fading and I could tell I was coming down with a cold. I mostly slept through the election returns last night and spent today on the couch sleeping, reading the paper, and watching Cocoa Tea.
I'm sorry you don't feel well. Get better soon!
Yeah, after my three hour voting marathon on Monday, a big chunk of good sunlight, to say nothing of time, was taken out of my planned photohunt to Wheeling, WV. I was exhausted by the time I even left and the day was kind of a wash.
Harlem looked like a pretty good time last night, going by CNN's post-victory announcement footage; I wondered if you were down in that mass of people. Guess not!
Posted by: Dane | 05 November 2008 at 11:27 PM
i moved after the primaries so before the deadline i sent in my change of address. i realized on monday that i had not received any confirmation in the mail so i went on the ny board of elections website and verified it was received.
so the day of i lookup where my polling station is and i stand in line and they tell me i am not in the book. they take me to another area and look me up in another book and still no luck. at that point they tell me i am registered at the old address and i argue with them showing them the print out from the board of elections.
they finally give me a provisional ballot which does not allow me to go into the booth. arghhh! i had to fill out a bubble-in-sheet on a card table with a line of about ten people looking over my shoulder. yay!
i seal the envelope and sign the outside and when i turn it in they tell me there are no stickers! the only reason i dont submit an absentee ballot is because i want the cute my sticker.
i didnt want stbx, or ben & jerry's, or dunkin. i just wanted my glorious little blue and white oval. i pouted all the way home. it was not a pleasant experience, but at least i voted.
Posted by: nmr | 06 November 2008 at 12:53 AM
I wanted to be part of the celebration on 125th St. but I just did not have the energy.
Posted by: Joe | 06 November 2008 at 03:01 PM