Off To The Poling Place I Go

I got up early (6AM) and was going to jog around the park before heading to the polling place but the weather was so crappy I just made a bee line to the polling place. Good thing I did! When I got there, there was already a line at 6:30AM! I had to wait a little over 30 minutes to vote and when I finished the line was even longer. It also doesn't help that their process for signing in registrants is slow and cumbersome not to mention the fact that they all seem to be suffering from collective stupidity.

The guy who was checking the names asked my name and I spelled it out for him. He gets to the page where I'm listed with my signature. I point to my entry and say, "I'm right here." Mind you there are no other Thompsons on the page and he had the never to ask me, "How do you spell your name again?" I wanted to tell him to get up and head down the hall to the nearest class room! He OBVIOUSLY needs a refresher course in the basics. (The polling place is in a grade school auditorium).

When I voted I made sure to punch Kerry's chad SEVERAL times. Then I pulled out my card and inspected it like the 2000 election not once but twice. I'm not taking any chances!