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offbalance) wrote2008-11-04 09:48 am
offbalance) wrote2008-11-04 09:48 am
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Barrack the Vote!
I vote in every election. Always have, always will. So I'm accustomed to what the polling place is like on the day. A few years back, I was amazed at having to wait 10 minutes on a 6-person line.
Today, I got there at 7, and waited for a solid hour. The polling place in the slope that I went to was as crowded as a 4 train at rush hour. People brought their kids. (Which I'm usually for. It's great to show junior the electoral process. HOWEVER, I'd prefer it if they A) waited for the pre-work rush to be over and B) left the aircraft-carrier sized strollers at home or at the very least, outside the scrum. But when you live in Park Slope, I suppose this is all par for the course.)
I vaguely remember being taken by my mom or dad into the booth during the 1984 election. I vaguely remember it being crowded then. But even that is no comparison to the crowd I saw this morning. This is akin to trying to get on the subway after a Yankee game.
And the best part? No one was deterred by the line. Everybody stood, everybody waited, and everybody voted. When I finally got to the front of the line? I was #103. And this was before 9 am!
No stickers, though. They never seem to have stickers. Hopefully Ben & Jerry will hook me up anyway.
Today, I got there at 7, and waited for a solid hour. The polling place in the slope that I went to was as crowded as a 4 train at rush hour. People brought their kids. (Which I'm usually for. It's great to show junior the electoral process. HOWEVER, I'd prefer it if they A) waited for the pre-work rush to be over and B) left the aircraft-carrier sized strollers at home or at the very least, outside the scrum. But when you live in Park Slope, I suppose this is all par for the course.)
I vaguely remember being taken by my mom or dad into the booth during the 1984 election. I vaguely remember it being crowded then. But even that is no comparison to the crowd I saw this morning. This is akin to trying to get on the subway after a Yankee game.
And the best part? No one was deterred by the line. Everybody stood, everybody waited, and everybody voted. When I finally got to the front of the line? I was #103. And this was before 9 am!
No stickers, though. They never seem to have stickers. Hopefully Ben & Jerry will hook me up anyway.