Voting Day blues...

So there I was performing my civic duty to the country helping to elect the next president of the United States, and everything was going just superbly. I really like the new voting ballot system. I think those guys who develop this stuff did an awesome job in developing a system that was easy to use and fairly efficient (especially considering the ridiculous voter turn out that we saw this year.)

Everything went as expected until I tried to turn in my vote. I made my choices and picked my amendments - I thoughtfully debated the value of increasing the legal age of sexual consent to 18 if unmarried and made my decision known. There was one issue however, that I just would not vote. Looking back on the situation it all seems absurd, but due to the nature of my own blinding stubborness, I decided that I didn't want the goof balls in washington to know whether I was republican, democrat, libertarian, green party, or nazi (I must have temporarily forgotten that I'm a registered Republican. hmm...) So when I read the first question and it said "vote straight: Republican, Democrat, Green, Liberatarian, etc." I chose not to think about what that might be saying. That is where my problems all began.

I tried to place my vote and the machine yelled at me! Seriously, it was "HEY DUMMY... YoU forgot to answer some questions... SO ANSWER THEM!!" Frankly, when a machine speaks so harshly I get flustered and lose what is called common sense. I go into a different world and from there base camp is installed, leaving the brain long behind. I thought to myself, "well, I guess if I have to put something down, I'd say I'm not really a Republican... I'd say I'm more of a Liberatarian." So, that's what I put down.

I pressed vote...
and the machine screamed at me again!

It said, "Are you sure?" To which I replied, "Indubidably you silly contraption." I pressed vote once more and was welcomed by a comforting screen that told me my ballot was cast.

The amazing part of this whole thing, is that I went in at 4:30 and was nearing back to work by 5:00. It only took 10 minutes!

2 hours later....

Misti called me and asked how my voting experience went, to which I replied "it was wonderful." She proceeded to ask me a question that would eventually change my whole outlook on my personal electoral experience. She asked, "So did you just vote straight ticket republican?" There was a brief pause as my brain began to run through the full implication of what just happened a short 2 hours earlier. My head fell and without any further adieu... I would like to introduce my presidential candidate: BOB BARR!!!