Today is election day and the kids have the day off. It is cold and rainy outside so they can't go out and play. We finally turned the heat on in our house. It is now nice and cozy warm. I just posted some comfort food recipes on Whitney's Cooking. Meatloaf and Mac and Cheese! Yum. I think we are going to have stew tonight for dinner. I am thinking about making it in the slow cooker with yeast rolls.
I don't think many people will be voting today. That is a shame because at least once a year we get to perform one of our fundamental ways of participating in a democratic (representative) government. This is exactly what our forefathers wanted us to do; participate in our governmental process. And now people will allow the weather, rain particularly, to determine whether or not they will vote. They truly take for granted our fragile form of government. Remember all the purple-dyed fingers? They were happy to finally be able to vote. I teared up at their proud faces as they voted for the first time fully in their own decisions. For us, ah a little rain, maybe we won't go to the polls...
My husband voted this morning earlier and he said there were no lines and that many people were running unopposed and there was one seat that no one was running for. I asked him if he wrote his name in and he said no. But if the position looks interesting I may write my name in. We will see what happens. Most of the election is for local and state positions.
I don't think many people will be voting today. That is a shame because at least once a year we get to perform one of our fundamental ways of participating in a democratic (representative) government. This is exactly what our forefathers wanted us to do; participate in our governmental process. And now people will allow the weather, rain particularly, to determine whether or not they will vote. They truly take for granted our fragile form of government. Remember all the purple-dyed fingers? They were happy to finally be able to vote. I teared up at their proud faces as they voted for the first time fully in their own decisions. For us, ah a little rain, maybe we won't go to the polls...
My husband voted this morning earlier and he said there were no lines and that many people were running unopposed and there was one seat that no one was running for. I asked him if he wrote his name in and he said no. But if the position looks interesting I may write my name in. We will see what happens. Most of the election is for local and state positions.
3 comments:
i don't think we have any elections today. maybe school board? (how bad am i?). i forgot to get my absentee ballot. whoops.
it is cold and rainy here as well. and i have a rotten sinus infection (yeah, you can feel sorry for me). off to find more tea before heading to work to contaminate the masses.
We had rain the other night and now a cold front has moved in. Last night it got all the way down to 30. Now, that is below freezing for me. We did get out and vote. Hope ya'll enjoyed the day at home. Have a blessed day.
Laura
The sad thing is that people holding those local postions can impact your quality of life more than than those we send Washington. I wish people would pay more attention to these kind of eletions
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