And this was the line that awaited me when I got to my local Ben & Jerry’s at 7:40 this evening:
I only had to wait maybe five minutes for my free scoop of ice cream (chocolate peanut butter swirl, if you must know), but still an impressive line.
Yay, free ice cream! Yay, Ben & Jerry’s! And, because I likes me some chocolate and peanut butter, yay, chocolate peanut butter swirl!
This was the line that awaited me when I got to my local polling place at 6:40 this morning:
It was as long again inside before reaching the actual voting room. I haven’t voted in all that many presidential elections yet, and this is my first one at this polling place, but still…this is the first time I’ve had to wait in any kind of line to vote. And it is awesome.
I love seeing this kind of involvement. And I love it when people bring their kids with them, like the little boy in the yellow jacket apparently trying to scamper away above. Giving their children any kind of awareness about the process is undoubtedly a Good Thing.
(There was also a kid, had to’ve been in high school, standing outside the “no electioneering” zone handing out flyers, and he said he was there all day. Young people who get involved are the best!)
All this is to say: yay, voting! Yay, America! And, because I’m not trying to be partisan here, yay Obama!