VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please exercise your constitutional right today and VOTE!

Having said that, I don't think I've mentioned lately how much I love living in a small town. I got up early this morning so that I could vote on my way into work. The sun was shining, the leaves are beautiful colors, and my polling place is in our adorable little whitewashed town hall (situated between the adorable little whitewashed library and the big whitewashed church, all historic buildings I think). Anyway, our line consisted of three people ahead of me. The poll workers were all very nice (and, Mom, they complimented me on the "Hundred Acre Original" sweatshirt that you bought me, which I'm wearing today). They checked me in (no ID needed) and handed me a large paper ballot which I took to my cubby (literally, wooden box frames set up on the stage inside the main hall). After I was done penciling an X next to the candidates I had chosen, I took my paper ballot over to a large, antique, wooden box with a crank on the side. I put my ballot in a slot at the top, the town police officer cranked the gear, and my ballot was sucked inside---accompanied by a "ding" from the bell on top. Then I checked out and continued on my way to work. My only regret is that no one was giving out "I Voted!" stickers.

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