I voted = nostalgia + you're kidding me!

[sid]

I voted in the elementary school gymnasium where I used to square dance, do somersaults, and play the clarinet during concerts. I can remember peeking in on Election Days and watching the grownups going about their mysterious business. Oh, yes, and I was once dragged backward through that gym on a chair by the school principal, en route to the parking lot and a ride home, after passing out in class (the end result of having been tackled on the playground by a boy during a recess, and having blood dribbling from both injured knees. I do not do well with blood, especially my own.) If you would like to picture this, be sure to put me in a Girl Scout uniform. *g*

There was a definite WTF moment as I was filling out my ballot. I don't know how I managed to avoid the TV ads, because apparently he spent $2 million on his Congressional campaign, yet I had no idea. Yes, VP nominee Paul Ryan is also running for re-election to his seat in Congress. He's got his bases covered. If he wins both races he gets to choose. Just kidding. There would be a Special Election for the Congressional seat. I think it should just go to his Democratic opponent, in that case. I mean, if Miss America for any reason cannot serve, they don't hold another pageant! The crown job should go to the first runner-up. :-P

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[zats_clear]

I am pretty sure that is SOP to be on the ballot to retain your seat even as you are on the ballot as VP. I can't figure it out, but I recall hearing that before in another election. Now that's going to bug me all day LOL

[sid]

Maybe it's legal in some states but not others. Every article I googled when I got home said right at the top: it's legal in Wisconsin.

[zats_clear]

I wish I could remember who...Joe Leiberman keeps popping into my head. Thanks for that, btw! Now I am stuck with that image like an 8 track tape in my brain!

[alsosid]

I accept full responsibility. :-P

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

The first time I voted I was 18. I voted in the ag hall of the tiny town I grew up in. I had the experience of walking up to the wooden box with a hole in the top, and putting my paper in. It was like ancient Rome.

And the adults of my town got all misty-- 'look at you, so grown up, cannot believe you are old enough to vote, I remember when you were starting school.... this tall, etc.'

It was a very warm first experience.

[sid]

I pointed over the shoulder of one of the poll clerks, and said, "I used to square dance right over there." And he said, "I think someone else was just saying that." So I said, "Maybe it was someone exactly my age, that I used to square dance with." :-)

[delphia2000.livejournal.com]

Sweet. I get to vote in the hallway of a mall, outside the Public Assistance and Job Service office.:oP

[sid]

LOL, not quite the same.