tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post9031206478245839723..comments2023-10-22T17:09:55.135-04:00Comments on HR BlogVOCATE: Voter AnxietyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382703244406413369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-75350070062834795392012-11-18T21:38:46.921-05:002012-11-18T21:38:46.921-05:00What a cute story! Thanks for sharing. "Disda...What a cute story! Thanks for sharing. "Disdain for bureaucrats ..." ha ha!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382703244406413369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-57987667882403216852012-11-13T11:17:52.792-05:002012-11-13T11:17:52.792-05:00Loving your blog. You are a great writer!
I voted...Loving your blog. You are a great writer!<br /><br />I voted for the first time when I was 16. My dad was about to leave for the polls, and I kept instructing him. "Dad, don't forget to vote for Harris B McDowell, Sr., the Peace Candidate for US Senate." As I continued to make suggestions, he said, "I can't remember all these names - write them down." So I gave him a list, which he took it to the polls. He knew next to nothing about those running - just the big name LBJ at the top. When we watched election results that night, he would check his list when Delaware results were reported. "Hey, I voted for him!" he would cheer, as if we were watching a horse race. (Back then, it was almost always a “him.”)<br /><br />When I could legally access the booth, I used the write-in option to vote for my mom for Sheriff many times. Never for Alfred E Neuman, however. <br /><br />Four years later, my dad took my baby sis with him to the polls. She would have just turned five. He didn’t want to leave her alone, so they let him carry her into the voting booth. As he was pressing levers behind the curtain, she screamed, "You didn't vote for Humphrey!" Everyone laughed. But of course my dad had voted for him, but Nixon carried Delaware (and evil George Wallace didn't do too bad either. I’m so glad we’re a blue state now!) <br /><br />I appreciate your disdain for bureaucrats and those at the DMV make me nervous, too. <br /><br />Keep blogging – you’re a natural!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553676621556485189noreply@blogger.com