Voting

You should do it if you haven’t. It’s been a rough eight years and we still have a few more months to suffer through but today when I walked down the damp, leaf strewn streets on my way to the ballot drop off box I couldn’t keep the bounce out of my step. We’re still hours (god I hope not days) from finding out the end result but the bounce is more about the fact that I am playing a role, that I’m happy with my choice and that I’m thankful I get to voice my opinion.

On a side note, the whole Oregon mail in ballot thing -in most respects I have to say I love it. I think you get better informed voters because you have access to literature and the Internet, plus the time to contemplate your decision. However, when you mail it in, a certain little piece of the voting day excitement is missing. The confusion, the hassle, the annoying people are avoided, but you are still going to find me walking down to the ballot drop box on election day to drop my ballot off, because there is just something more exciting about everyone voting together on the same day.