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September 12, 2006
Hi, My Name is TJ, and I Am a Retard
Today is voting day here in DC. It's the democratic primary election.
It's my civic duty, so I was all in a tizzy today about who I was gonna vote for. I discussed this at length with several friends.
I go with Rob to our local polling place to cast my exciting ballot. I give them my name and address. They look it up. I am not listed. Uh wrong ansa! I must be listed. Rob is listed and breezes on through. They ask if I have voted there before. I say yes. They ask me to fill out a form and head over to the special needs voter booth.
They, too, look up my address and inform me that I am, indeed, at the right precinct. WTF? The woman asks me which party I will be voting for? "I am a registered independent, but I will probably vote straight democrat."
The woman smiles and says, "This is for the democratic primary, honey. As an independent, you can vote in the general election."
Oh. Yeah.
Posted by durban bud at September 12, 2006 02:19 PM
Comments
I'm with you on the dumb thing. I had it all figured out about who I was going to vote for. Only problem is that I had picked people to vote for who are not in my voting district. It took me quite a while to figure out why those people that I had chosen to vote for were not on my ballot! Duh...
Posted by: Bubala at September 12, 2006 05:01 PM
At least your chad wasn't hanging... :-P
Posted by: TOS at September 12, 2006 10:02 PM
Honey, what were you thinking? All hopped up and nowhere to go. Registering as an independent; That would be like registering as a royalist in Russia after 1917.
Oh so to make you feel better, were there the wonderful amalgam of hot gay men & elderly black women working your voting locale? Mine was overrun. If I'd been more forward, I could have had a date last night.
Posted by: Carl at September 13, 2006 09:35 AM
to the man who taught me at a very early age the importance of voting....you're not a retard....leave that shit for our president.
Posted by: pam at September 13, 2006 12:13 PM