ok, so i voted this morning on the way to work. it was just me that voted, i suppose, because it was only me and the voting site people while i was there. the last time i voted, in november, i waited for 2.5 hours in a winding line to get to the voting booth. though voting for president was important, this election is everything local- people that can make or break things on a close-to-home level. i am ashamed that so few of my friends and neighbors appear to have bothered to come on in and vote. i am also somewhat taken aback that so many people want to be sheriff- you would think that it was high pay and even higher prestige. happily we have had no shootings or murders or the like tied to our sheriff's race. or lude videos in mudslinging commercials for that matter. i cannot vote for mayor or city commission- i would have preferred that ballot sheet. i am not saying who (whom?) i would prefer for those slots, but i do have my hopes.....