I Voted!

Posted by Ami-chan on August 26, 2008

I’m so happy!
This was one of the major things about becoming a citizen, the main reason that I wanted to get my citizenship was so that I could vote and have a say in things which affect my son’s future, and today I got to exercise that right for the first time. I’m all a-buzz!

It was a bit of a fiasco, but not a horrible one. Roomie, Munchkin and I met Hubbie for lunch and the lunch place is right across from the voting precinct (or so I thought) so Hubbie went back to work and Roomie and I put Munchkin in the stroller and bolted across the street passed the people with the “Vote X for Sheriff” signs and went inside, but the lady couldn’t find my name! And I’m going o.O what? I know I registered! I got sent a sample ballot and everything.
Then she asked me what precinct I’m registered at, and of course I don’t know. I didn’t think to bring my voter’s registration card with me because I remember being told by the lady on the phone that you only need to bring your driver’s license with you when you vote, but it turns out because we live in county not city our precinct is actually further down, and while I was correct in reading that I could vote at city hall, that was only early voting, not actual Voting Day.

But they were very nice about it. It turns out one of the lady’s that was working at that precinct lives the next street over from us so she knew right where the polling place I could actually go to was, and we dodged across the street back to the car and were there in a few minutes and got the “job” done.

Munchkin behaved very well for Roomie and impressed all the people at the registration area because he’s only two and was spelling out all the letters on the various signs they had up. Roomie took a picture of me waving my “secrecy folder” like a mad woman and flashing a victory sign. I’ll have to see if I can get a copy of it from her, it was taken on her cell phone, and properly mark the occasion.