I just received my voter registration card for the State of Texas. I'm one of those super annoying people that waited until the last minute to register.
I hesitated to register at all. I have a different view on the election than most people:
1. I have no idea which presidential candidate I'm going to vote for. I might just write my own name in. I would be a good president.
2. Other than the presidential election, I don't know what else I'm actually voting for.
3. When it comes to the Senate race, House of Representatives race, mayoral race, city council race, etc, I plan to make pretty patterns on my card - kind of like I used to do in college while taking physical science tests on those scantron sheets. Or perhaps I'll consult my magic eight ball. I wonder if they'll let me take it into the booth with me.
4. I have no idea where I'm supposed to go to vote - I've only ever voted by absentee ballot. I think everyone should be able to do that. It's so easy to vote when they send everything straight to your house.
5. I'm kind of claustrophobic - I don't know how long I can stay in one of those little tiny voting booths. I wonder if they have an open booth, kind of like they have open MRIs for people who will go nuts in a small, enclosed space. Or maybe it could be like the Wizard of Oz. A man could stand behind the curtain for me and I could just tell him what to mark.
6. Early voting starts today. I'm going to vote early. I think. I figure that if I vote early, the Obama and McCain campaigns won't start calling to ask for money (and that, people, is why you shouldn't register as an independent...then EVERYONE wants your money). I will also be the first in Beaumont to have one of those AWESOME " I VOTED" stickers.
7. People in Beaumont are stealing other people's campaign posters (most notably Obama/Biden ones). I'm just here to tell you that it wasn't me.
8. I was feeling bad about not having done my research but just while sitting here, I've asked five other people who I should vote for. They don't know anything either. No wonder we end up with all of these YA-HOOS in government - we all make up for not knowing anything by voting for people whose first names we like.
9. You can bet your rear end I'm going to be checking and double checking my ballot for hanging chads. Because even though I have no idea what I'm doing, I want my vote to COUNT.
4 comments:
ROCK THE VOTE, ERIN! We have girls in our ward who want to vote based on who is the best looking candidate. I guess it could be worse, right? I agree with not knowing anything about the local candidates. We don't get much Illinois stuff here since St. Louis is so close. I know more about their stuff than I do my own state! :)
Erin- too funny... also you can get a sample ballot from your city website...then you can look up all these ya-hoos and make an educated choice :) We voted today- and herein texas it is all electronic in the cities (and possibly everywhere.) So more than likely you won't get any hanging chads. Oh and the Railroad Commissioner- stupid name for the guy who actually enforces regulation on the oil and energy industries- just a heads up!
We voted today- make sure you early vote because election day lines are going to be razy!
And I was just saying you had to be crazy to WANT to be president.
Naturally, I am VERY upset that I can't have a paper ballot. That undermines my voting strategy.
And, I don't actually WANT to be president. I will hire someone else to do the work. I just want the title and the vacation homes.
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