I’ve always had a problem with the fact that inIllinois, when voting in the primaries, you have to go straight Dem or Rep. This caused a problem for me one time years ago when I desperately wanted to get rid of a certain Democrat and vote for the Republican opposition but at the same time, I had a friend, Jim Bailey, who was running on the Dem side for Judge. Either way, one was going to be a write in. The whole system is ridiculous. I could go on but why descend into politics when we’ve got so much COVID-19 to talk about? Variety really is the spice of life.
I did go vote and there were about 3 people there. This wasn’t unusual though as depending when you go in the morning, it’s usually dead. This year, probably more so. When I went in, staring at the empty gymnasium, save for three lonely booths spread out, there was no one in front of me. Three people walked in behind me though. In the past, there were usually a half dozen people manning the check in line, this time, two. Got my sharpie pen, my big ballot, went to my little hutch, filled in the ovals—careful not to go out of the lines, watched how the sharpie bled through the card to the opposite side, wondering if that’s going to obscure any of the votes on the flip side and decided that would be their problem.
There were no sniffles, no coughs, no tissues, no masks, no gloves, no shade of doom and really, no people, so allegedly, no problem. We’ll see in 14 days.
i got my sticker and left.
Tomorrow, is Mickey & Maj day….
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