This primary election day found us once again volunteering to work at the polls. I was a bit horrified at the location: the boro building of Youngstown, PA. It’s a garage used by the city maintenance people. It’s as dirty as you might expect such a building to be, with dust and rust to beContinue reading “The Polls Take a Toll”
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Your Cat’s a What?
On the way home from poll worker training, with a 42-page printout of the Powerpoint presentation that made the whole session echo the sentiment of my mug, “I survived another meeting that should have been an email,” I passed the car of a cultist. He had the cult leader’s head in the rear window likeContinue reading “Your Cat’s a What?”
Teapot in a Tempest
How have your political views changed over time? 2024 has all the promise of being a politically tumultuous year. And I can’t say I’m looking forward to that. Just a few years ago, I’d cast my vote and feel pride in having performed my civic duty and participating in the democratic process. Now I feelContinue reading “Teapot in a Tempest”
I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!
Do you vote in political elections? I was an apathetic young person who didn’t think my vote mattered. So I never voted in any elections—until 1980 , when my college roommate, Peter Velz of Poughkeepsie, NY, turned me on to John Anderson. I became very excited by this independent’s candidacy. As I would later discover,Continue reading “I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!”
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