Ah ha! I was wondering who was behind my power outage
this morning. At first I thought it was that pesky
FBI blimp trying to prevent me from voting by
preventing my alarm from sounding. After a couple of
seconds that theory just seemed too Oliver Stone for
me and I stopped just short of tying it to the Lake
Street reconstruction which seemed even more Oliver
Stoneish. ;)
On another note, our election judges are paying
attention. I was suspected of having already voted as
I was sporting a "Vote!" sticker that looks similar to
the "I Voted" sticker. After a brief debate on the
merits of voting early and often I convinced the judge
that I had not yet voted and he proceeded to make way
for democracy.
I was voter number 41 at about a quarter to nine this
morning at Ward 8, precint 3. Unlike primary day, I
did not feel "so alone" as all voting booths were full
except for the kiddy booths.
Matty Lang,
Central
--- wmmarks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I came in right behind K. Forbes (I was 238) during
> a minor lull in
> activity. One of the long time judges told me that
> earlier in the day
> the electricity had gone out and voters had to vote
> by candle light. How
> romantic--not. Seems one of the guys working on the
> Lake St. Repaving
> Project had hit something and knocked out power
> between the east side of
> Portland and Chicago. It didn't affect the voting
> machine, though, it
> has a battery backup that kicks in in an emergency.
> Who knew?
>
> WizardMarks, Central
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