Rhonda and I endured technical problems to cast our ballots today. There were five touchscreen ballots at our polling place and by the time we got there at 7:20, all five were down. To make things worse, once one of them got working, our key cards had all expired and had to be reactivated again. We didn't finish voting until 8:30 and had to settle for McDonald's for dinner. So much for technology - this never happened with punch ballots.
To their credit, there were about 8 people in front of us and probably a couple dozen behind us, and only a couple of them left (and they left to find another polling place). The rest stayed to have their shot at democracy. It's good to know that in a world where so many people are cynical and don't take the time to vote, there are still a lot who recognize the importance of free elections.
But next time, we go absentee.
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