Sitting here watching all the long voting lines got me thinking about yesterday morning, when the wife and I finally got around to voting. I say finally because we have had our ballots for over a week.
Anyway, we were hanging out in blankets on the couch, with our coffee, ballots, and a pile of all the political crap sent to our house. We had the computer on, so we could research any info not supplied to us by one faction or another, and we did our voting.
I wish everyone, not just those with absentee ballots, but everyone throughout our country was able to vote like us in Oregon - by Mail-in voting. There are also drop boxes, for those that don't trust the mail.
I wish everyone could vote like me.
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I actually did that on Saturday.
Sat in front of the computer with a cup of coffee & baileys. Looked up the information I wanted to on all the propositions, initiatives, candidates, etc. Read the pros and cons of each prop, looked at who was supporting which candidates and for what reasons, looked up some of the judges decisions and then filled in the ballot.
Nice and relaxing. The only thing better was the year the wife and I did that about two weeks before the election and then went on vacation to Mexico for two weeks. Didn't have to listen to all the crap political commercials, deal with all the soliciting votes phone calls, see all the political flyers littering the sides of the roads in this beautiful, fall colored city. Just sittin' on the beach in Mexico, drinkin' 24-7 and not having to worry a bit about politics. Now THAT is the way to survive a November election.
Sat in front of the computer with a cup of coffee & baileys. Looked up the information I wanted to on all the propositions, initiatives, candidates, etc. Read the pros and cons of each prop, looked at who was supporting which candidates and for what reasons, looked up some of the judges decisions and then filled in the ballot.
Nice and relaxing. The only thing better was the year the wife and I did that about two weeks before the election and then went on vacation to Mexico for two weeks. Didn't have to listen to all the crap political commercials, deal with all the soliciting votes phone calls, see all the political flyers littering the sides of the roads in this beautiful, fall colored city. Just sittin' on the beach in Mexico, drinkin' 24-7 and not having to worry a bit about politics. Now THAT is the way to survive a November election.
voted a week and a half ago on a Saturday morning. No lines, no mess, just a SHITLOAD of ballot initiatives. My favorite was one which increased the number of signatures needed for a constitutional ballot initiative... there shouldn't be 14 constitutional amendments on the ballot... that's ridiculous.
I got the best of both worlds since you drop absentee ballots off at polling places in California (and mine happens to be literally just outside the back gate. I sat down and voted last night in the comfort of my own couch, and then dropped off my ballot in front of all the people in line and still got a sticker 
