For years it has been a simple procedure to register to
vote. I have been a registered voter since I was 18 years old. I'm pretty old so about half of my life we will say. In mid-July I
moved from a rural area in Illinois to the city of Chicago. About a
month after I went on the Chicago Board of Election website and printed out a
change of address form and mailed it in. I am a busy person with three active
children so it slipped my mind to check on it. When a member of my household received
their voters registration card, I decided to look into it. When I
looked myself up I was still voting in my old district this is a bad thing, yes
the Presidential election it may not matter, but it will matter when it comes
to where I live and the things that go on in my neighborhood. Frankly when I
did vote in the small town you were lucky to find a democratic candidate on the
ballot at all.
I called the board of
election to find out what was going on, a woman let me know that I was able to
go to my local park district and vote.
Three days ago that is exactly what I
did, I waited in a long line to get to the front, a lady even had me fill out
my signature card saying what I was giving her was fine. When I get to the counter
the ill-tempered woman tells me she does not know what the hell is going on and
sends me to a supervisor who makes a phone call and proceeds tells me to go to the
downtown location to vote. I’m a woman so I’m pretty pissed off at this point.
Seriously, I live here see look at the mail look at my ID. NO! HAHA you can’t
vote here go downtown! This is a hassle, but in my opinion worth it, I cannot complain
if I do not vote and I sure do love to complain.
About three days later I was dropped off at the elevated
train, went to Washington/Wells stop walked about a quarter mile to the Chicago
Board of Election on the 6th floor. I waited in a pretty long line,
I would say at least 50 ahead of me and I was there fairly early in the
morning. Some lady took my information and sent me to a separate line. I waited
in that line around ten minutes or so and was finally able to vote I voted for
Obama/Biden of course. There were many other things on the ballot that I felt
strongly about as well. City workers pensions, they would like to lower them
and it would affect family so that I voted against. I found something on the ballot I had no idea
was on there as well and I was intensely excited about, regarding federally
regulating spending on elections. It would bring back the Citizens United
Supreme Court ruling which was atrocious! Putting a cap on election spending
would turn our country toward a better place to be. That should be everyone’s
goal to get back on top in every aspect of your life including your country. So
voting was finished I took the train back home and all was well.
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| Some people getting on an el train |
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| One line I stood in... |
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| That is not my hand |
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| El train on the way home |
In other news I had a political costume for Halloween that I
wanted to share. Her name is Mrs. Sarah Palin and she was shot by my buddy Dick
Cheney…who is backing President Obama, spooky…..
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| Sarah Palin shot in the head by Dick Cheney,,,notice the rebel flag... |
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