That Absentee Thing Worked!
About 8 days ago, I realized that I was going to be out of town for the Virginia primary - an election that I increasingly cared about. I'd never voted absentee before, and I started to shrug off the opportunity, thinking that it was likely to require me to jump through many, many hoops.
Turns out, it's yet another thing that my county does with great efficiency. Last Wednesday, I walked down to the County Building. I approached the counter on the third floor, and the Assistant Registrar handed me a form, explaining quickly but thoroughly how to complete it. I wrote in my name, checked the "business travel" box as my reason for absentee voting, and signed my name (affirming that I would actually be traveling.) He took the form and my Voter Registration Card to his computer, typed in some magic, and returned both to me. I walked down the hall, handed in the form, stood at a standard voting machine, and voted.
I even got a sticker that said, "I voted absentee today!"
Yesterday, Mark went to our standard polling place. His name is right next to mine on the rolls, and he could see the designation "AB", letting the poll workers know that I had already voted, so that my candidates (Obama) couldn't get another boost from me.
I love it when systems work the way they should!
Now, if the snow will stop falling in Chicago and the freezing rain stop falling in DC long enough for my plane to get from one to the other this evening, I'll truly be a happy girl...
Mindy, heading up to the 80th floor of the Sears Tower, for another day of watching the snow fall *up* due to prevailing local weather conditions...
Turns out, it's yet another thing that my county does with great efficiency. Last Wednesday, I walked down to the County Building. I approached the counter on the third floor, and the Assistant Registrar handed me a form, explaining quickly but thoroughly how to complete it. I wrote in my name, checked the "business travel" box as my reason for absentee voting, and signed my name (affirming that I would actually be traveling.) He took the form and my Voter Registration Card to his computer, typed in some magic, and returned both to me. I walked down the hall, handed in the form, stood at a standard voting machine, and voted.
I even got a sticker that said, "I voted absentee today!"
Yesterday, Mark went to our standard polling place. His name is right next to mine on the rolls, and he could see the designation "AB", letting the poll workers know that I had already voted, so that my candidates (Obama) couldn't get another boost from me.
I love it when systems work the way they should!
Now, if the snow will stop falling in Chicago and the freezing rain stop falling in DC long enough for my plane to get from one to the other this evening, I'll truly be a happy girl...
Mindy, heading up to the 80th floor of the Sears Tower, for another day of watching the snow fall *up* due to prevailing local weather conditions...