I voted.
That's my sticker, I went and voted this afternoon after the teens came home.
My body was simply wrecked from the last 2 days of dealing with water and septic issues, so I waited to have one of the teens walk up the street with me.
When the teens had left for school this morning, they had to walk by the church that is our local polling place, and they said at 6:50am, before the doors even opened, there was a line of people starting at the front door and snaking through the parking lot and halfway down the street.
By the time Sebastian and I got there at 3pm, there was no line at all, so we were in and out in a flash.
I had to walk there in my neck brace and was using my cane for stability, (yes, I have a cane, it's a cool dragon one so shut up) and Sebastian helped me be able to stand at the poll desk thing while I filled in the dots for who I wanted to vote for.
Not that the local seats aren't important, but my two main concerns were president and the amendment 2 question on marriage here in Florida.
I voted No.
I voted no because it's not right to make a constitutional amendment that takes away the rights of a whole lot of people, not just homosexuals.
It applies to partners, heterosexual partners, for whatever reason can't or don't want to get married.
It applies to every single, divorced, and widowed person in this state.
I refuse to take away rights from people.
Amendments should only be added to give people rights, not take them away.
Amendments are so hard to reverse once passed, and we already have 4 laws on Florida's books that make gay marriage illegal.
Sebastian was very interested in the voting process, he paid attention to how I was voting, to how it all worked, he realizes the importance of each person doing their part.
He has 3 more years to go before he can vote, but because he helped me today and was very enthused about the whole process, they gave him an "I Voted" sticker too.

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Katie and Jeff went with me. Katie was a little more awed by all the hoopla going on and Jeff actually watched how I voted.
When we walked out of the building, Jeff turned to me and said, " Mom, your pick is going to lose". To which I said, "I know". But that's ok... I VOTED".
Posted by: Mindy | November 5, 2008 9:08 AM