When I woke up yesterday, after completing my Tuesday morning ritual of catching up on Google reader, email, Facebook and the previous night's Dancing With the Stars, I buckled down to do my voting research.
You see, there weren't any races here in my part of NJ that were particularly publicized. I wanted to do my civic duty but I wanted to know what I was doing. So I used the old Google to find out what was up with the candidates and made my choices. I felt like a good person. A good, patriotic, educated person.
Imagine my surprise when I walked into the little voting booth, pulled the curtain closed behind me, and didn't recognize any names.
Apparently I had done all my research for the wrong district.
WOH WOHHHHHHHHHH
So I did the only thing I could really do in that situation - I voted along party lines. I mean, there's a good chance I would have ended up voting for those people anyway. But I still felt like a traitor to my own ideals because I would never advise someone to vote blindly by party affiliation and nothing else.
And I mean, there was no way I was going to...NOT vote. I'm like a 4 year old. Must! Press! Buttons!
At least I was ready to rock NJ's one state ballot question.
They didn't have any "I voted!" stickers at my polling place. I was a little sad about it (because, again, 4 year old - STICKERS!), but I realized that considering my idiocy, I didn't totally deserve one.
Next time, Gadget. Next time.
3 comments:
1- Kudos on the Inspector Gadget reference.
2 - My voting place didn't have stickers either! BOOO!
3 - We also switched from the fun, button pushing, lever switching booths to a stupid scantron sheet!!! SO SAD
At least you tried. I've never gotten to use the buttons to vote - always with the same stupid scantron sheets they give us in school!
Like any good Chicagoan, I voted early and often.
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