I voted today. Not that it made much difference. Both candidates are shoo ins for their party nomination. It gives us something to talk about. Gives news fodder for the Today Show tomorrow morning. Gives us some kind of sound byte tonight. But it is kinda good to go back to my elementary school and see how small the gym really is, compared to how big it once was in my mind’s eye. It is one of the few times I get to go back.
Voting isn’t hard. Senior citizens are there to help out. And when senior citizens are there to show you how to do things, you know that it couldn’t be that difficult. And they didn’t ask me if it was my first time voting (such is the case in times past). I’ve been voting for 10 years now. I guess my age is showing.
We use those electronic voting machines. Those type that you really can’t mess up. And yet people still leave them unattended, without voting. It shouldn’t be that difficult to vote. At one time I really enjoyed those old school voting machines. The ones with the leavers and black curtain. I can remember as a young child being taken into those voting machines while my mom cast her ballot. I longed for the day to vote and to shout out “Pass the shampoo!” from behind the privacy curtain. But ever since the late 80s technology revolution we haven’t seen those old school voting machines. Instead we opt for these bionic voting machines. I’m still waiting for online voting via the internet. Sure would be nice.