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November 07, 2006
Election Day 2006
I went out and voted after work.
Our polling place is at a fire station. There was a light drizzle. Not particularly cold, just damp. When I arrived there were at least forty people waiting in line to vote. There were still forty or so waiting in line after I finished voting at 6:30PM. In Georgia, the polls close at 7:00PM. In our little precinct, I was number 547 to vote today - and in a mid-term election.
A fairly pointed thought: Voter turnout is expected to be fairly high, for an off-year election. Projections say that between fifty and sixty percent of eligible voters will actually get off their duffs and vote. That makes me a Fairly Important Person, and one of the people that the politicians want to influence.
The politicians don't do a particularly good job of this. I actually had to dig a little (not difficult, thanks to Google) to find the positions held by my Congress-critter and his opponent. And... my Congress-critter's record of votes is easily found, of course. His opponent's arguments didn't fill me with joy, so the Hon. Congress-critter got my vote. As did Hizzoner Da Gov.
Side-note: My recently-retired boss, one of the Good Guys, is running for an open Board of Education seat. I know Jim pretty well, and I don't know his opponent (who's had LOTS of election signs out, but didn't bother to show up at the Show 'n Tell). Guess who got my vote, in spite of his last name?
What's his last name?
Kennedy. That's "Jim", not "Ted", thank Gawd!
Posted by ward at November 7, 2006 08:53 PM