I finally found out today that my vote this year counted. Since I relocated back to the UT from Chicago, I had to register late to get on the roll. KT was fine because we are living with her parents in her home precinct, but I didn't make it on the books. When I showed up at 7:00 am to vote, I was the first one to go cast my provisional vote in the fake booth. You know, the plastic one that they set up to make you feel like your vote is going to count, even though it is a Xeroxed ballot on regular paper. I colored in the bubbles and then put it into a "very" official looking red bag, which suspiciously looked like the bag they store the fake booth in. Needless to say, I had my doubts as to whether they would count it.That wasn't the only fun. Just to get the ballot I had to fill out an info sheet and show my photo ID to a guy who then looked at me and said, "wow, I'm only a year younger than you are and you look like you could be my father." Excuse me? What are you saying? Are you saying that I look like I am 50? Seriously? Do you really think I look that old? I think there was a reason this guy had enough free time to be hanging out at the polling place all day. At least, that's what I've been telling my pride for the last couple of weeks. I've also purchased a bottle of Grecian Formula for Men just to make sure we don't have a mistake like that again.
The good news is that even though I was mistaken for my father, I voted and it counted. Now lets hope these people we've elected do a great job.
3 comments:
I think it's time to do more than simply purchase the bottle of grecian formula for men. I think it's time to use it.
My hair has been turning gray for a while now, and I have resisted the urge to go grecian. Let me know how it works out.
My favorite part was when I only had one gray hair on one side of my head. People would try to be helpful and say "dude, you've got something in your hair." To which I would reply "nope it's just my hair." Now, I have enough gray on the sides that nobody says that anymore, but I just got my first gray hair on top... front and center even. We'll see if I start getting comments again.
Greg--
Obviously that polling guy isn't dealing with all the tools in the shed. Your blog is so educational I plan to visit more often. I've never even heard of the red bag.
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