Happy Election Day!

I know you are already well aware of this, but today is election day! This is a very interesting and exciting race so I hope that if you are registered to vote that you get out there today and exercise your right. Especially if you are a woman. After seeing a movie about the suffrage movement a couple years ago and what it took to secure the right for women to vote in this country I have a much greater respect for that right.

Greg and I waited about an hour to vote at our polling station this morning. It can be discouraging for people when they see the lines but don't give up. Get to know your neighbors as you stand in line!

In NY we still use voting machines. Here are some machines waiting to be set up last Sunday at Hunter College where our church meets.
I love that they have an American flag on the side of each one.

And here is the line this morning for district 73. We have a huge co-op building with 700 apartments just a block from our house and wouldn't you know, we are all in the same district! So that was the reason for our long line. I had to get a shot in the booth for my scrapbook! They say the voting machines are the worst in terms of errors and problems but they are so "old school" it is actually kind of cool to use them. They make such cool sounds as you push the lever to the side, flip the knobs for your votes, and then push the lever back in order to COUNT your votes. Plus you get to stand inside behind the curtain all private like.

Anyway, get to the polls or make sure you mail your ballots in!