Love this article from NPR: Why do we vote on Tuesdays? Because of the horse & buggy. Read the story here.
Me, I voted on this Tuesday, in the garage of a neighbor’s home, just as I’ve done in every major election for 25 years.
Parking place? Nope, today it’s the polling place. No ID required … at least, none required if you hand them the sample ballot you got in the mail, as I always do.
Seven booths, no waiting at noon. The lines do get long after 5pm, and longer ballots often result in longer lines. Today, we voted on 3 federal, 2 state and 1 county race, as well as 14 different propositions.
We mark a scannable form with a black ink stamp. We’ve got hundreds of varieties of ballots and voting mechanisms across the country. That seems wrong … but at least we’ve never had to deal with hanging chad in California!
It’s all about getting this low quality, poly lingual sticker. It is so California.
