Voting and Day 2

Well, first Mr. Buddy had to get his shot at 7:30, then into his carrier and off to the vet, so I couldn't vote first thing, but I had finished voting by 10 a.m. The parking lot of the church was full, and I parked on the street, then scanned my pre-voting pamphlet one more time, decided not to take it in with me because I had it pretty much memorized, and stepped into the downpour to cross the street, missing all the puddles, and using my Sunday paper big Seattle Times umbrella.

At 9:45 the place wasn't completely full and there were no waiting lines, but the row of booths I voted in had a person in every booth. I took my time and carefully drew in the lozenges, staying in the lines, and took longer than the guy with a limp who came in at the same time I did. I was glad we had a paper ballot because if it had been one of those electronic ones with no paper trail I would have asked for a paper one. I think more than 60% of the people at those places were asking for a paper ballot when they got there.

Over breakfast after the vet, Dr. J and I talked about the election and how many ways "they" are trying to skew the voting, from overturning the decision that a voter's rights could not be challenged at the voting location just before a person actually votes, to people's rights being challenged on the basis of mail being returned, to being challenged for the simple fact that you have a Hispanic name. Despite all these stressful mind boggling attempts at the shrub's people to control this election also, I have high hopes for getting him out of office. Please please let it go this way on this day.

In other news, NaNoWriMo:
1,687 (day 1)
2,362 (day 2)
4,049