I voted today.
My lovely spouse had gone before me (while I was taking the children to school), and called to say we weren't on the registered voter list. She mentioned to me that the volunteer had said that sometimes people just drop off the list. She reminded me to have my driver's license handy.
When I got there, I went to the registered voter line, organized alphabetically. I handed the volunteer my driver's license, so I wouldn't have to spell my last name (which is easily misspelled).
Still, it got looked up wrong, and I was told I was not registered. I pointed out the error, and after flipping back a page, my name was found, immediately following my wife's unsigned line.
Then I mentioned that my wife had already been there, and that she had been informed that she was not registered, and that she had registered again, and that she had voted. I was assured that her vote would count. Which makes sense, after all, it's a secret ballot, how would they know which one was hers? Since she doesn't plan to return and vote again under her registered name, I think she'll be able to vote in future elections, as well.
Our volunteer looked rather embarrassed about all this, so I told her that it was still pretty early, and she'd probably only had one cup of coffee so far. Her fellow volunteers laughed, and I went to retrieve my ballot.
How did it go, you ask?
I voted to increase the local property tax, because I have seen the school district budget, and I know how the state money has decreased, while the need to educate our children has not. Also, some of the school buildings are so old, they are out of code; they need repairs or replacement of certain fixtures.
I voted against all incumbents, because sometimes I'd rather have "the devil I don't".
I voted for everyone running unopposed, because they need affirmation, too.
I did not vote for anyone in the race that I had not researched (Judge 3, 10th District Court), a fact that bothered me. I should have looked at the sample ballot on the Secretary of State webpage, so I would have been better prepared. I won't be missing this one in 2012.
Until another time,
Salt
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9 months ago
Go back and vote again under my registered name. I never thought of that :-) Too bad it would have been too little help for our kids bond and levy.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that there was only one name on the ballot you didn't know, I figure you did very well. We had an entire page of judges and most of them I didn't know. Bad of me.
ReplyDeleteOh, no, it wasn't just one name on the ballot. There were some 15 people listed for the one race I had not researched. We had a whole page of judges as well, but only two were contested. The rest ran unopposed.
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