I Voted (I think…)

Today I did my civic duty and voted in an election. It was good fun, as always, and a relatively satisfying experience. In honor of the event, I used the button making machine we have at work to make some, “I Voted! (I think…)” buttons. Perfect for people who’s voter registrations were printed on the wrong paper or who’s ballots were lost at the printers. Or if you are in any of the following states, who are all having problems, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia or West Virginia.

In fact, one of my coworkers here in Missouri was turned away from the polls because she recently changed her address, and her voter registration was supposedly now ‘invalid’. She came into work on the edge of tears, crushed because this was the first election she was actually voting in, because it was the first one that mattered to her. We got her connected with MoveOn’s Election Protection group and their emergency number, 1-866-OUR-VOTE. The lawyers on staff advised her well, and this afternoon she’ll be going to court to get a court order allowing her to vote. She’s looking for someone to give her a ride, and if she can’t find someone with a comfy car by this afternoon, I’ll be taking her in on my scooter, AKA the Emergency High-speed Two-stroke Voter Delivery System. Protect your rights people, its a jungle out there.

Tonight I’ll be getting good and drunk, and either celebrating or cursing loudly. The next few days are going to be interesting, to say the least!

Update: ElectionLine.org has a good guide to election related news posted. It will be updated throughout the day as events reach the news.

Tuesday 02 Nov 2004 | Sam | Announcements

3 Responses to “I Voted (I think…)”

  1. on 03 Nov 2004 at 1:12 am   tim

    washington state has gone to kerry. maybe my vote counted.

    i’m getting rather drunk at the moment, and watching cnn. these two things have a sort of synergistic relationship which will result in the implosion of either the television or my brain.

  2. on 04 Nov 2004 at 8:31 am   billy

    sadly your votes do not count…but the poor lady at your work could have gone down town to vote….if she had a ride. or should could have voted provisionally..but those count for even less

  3. on 16 Nov 2004 at 8:37 pm   hanuvatra

    Weird. I’m intrigued by these posts. Were they made by a merry prankster, or an advertising bot for the generic drugs sold on the links?

    Are those quotes of well-known poets in the text?
    -topher

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