Voted

Voted on my way to work this morning. No lines, no muss, no fuss. Well, one of the poll workers was a little hard of hearing, but it didn't cause much trouble. I won't bother to say who I voted for in the Presidential race - if you know me, you probably already know, and if you don't, you probably don't care.

It was a small ballot today. There were two contested races in my district: president and US Representative (where Barney Frank will likely hold on to his seat). The others were uncontested. Probably should have written in a contestant for one of them (Taco Bell's talking chihuahua for Sherriff, maybe).

I will say that I want to know the results, but really don't want to watch the tv coverage of the election. It's often hard to listen to our increasingly partisan and divided "leadership" debate anything because of the politics than infuses all that they say. But to listen to them discuss politics itself is even more painful. Tonight, I'll either work on photographs or maybe watch some old episodes of The West Wing on TiVo. [Maybe watching an idealized White House is escapism in the face of important real-world developments, but some days we need a little positive fantasy.]

Nonetheless, I hope everyone with an opinion is able to express it today at the polls and that no one is intimidated or incapable of voting because of long delays or administrative issues that are an unfortunate necessity of the system. The whole world is watching, and we'd better not screw this one up.