Just back from voting with TG; when we dropped Middle Guy off at the local high school there was a line of 20 – 30 people outside the gym, which is being used as a polling place. We drove four blocks to our polling place and found – no parking because it’s garbage day, and half the curb is taken up with trash cans – and there were another 20 – 30 people waiting in line.<\/p>\n
It was chilly, and I felt bad for the guy in running shorts and a t-shirt. He was fine with it, though.<\/p>\n
One of the election volunteers – they don’t get paid enough to be called staff – was walking up and down the line showing people how to use the ink-stamp voting machine. <\/p>\n
Saw some neighbors, chatted a bit about the surf and how long everyone has lived in the neighborhood, and went in and voted.<\/p>\n
It felt very damn odd to vote for a Republican.<\/p>\n
But as I walked out, I was full of faith. I don’t know who is going to win, but in the long run, I trust the people in line with me – the ones who got out of bed early, got the kids to school like us, and stood looking serious and thoughtful in the chill fall air – and I trust the friendly, competent people who ran the polling place. Our process is our strength. It’s not in attachment to any specific outcome, but in our commitment to the process and our trust in each other that we demonstrate our citizenship.<\/p>\n
I’ll put my trust in the decision of the people in line with me, and the millions like them, any day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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