I Voted Today!

I meant to get my voting done early, but I wanted to be informed on all the things I would be voting on before I went. I know that there is a newfangled thing called the internet that could have helped me with that, but I didn't put it to it's proper use. So I waited until I received my voter's guide in the mail. That was last Thursday. I read up on everything and decided I would go vote on Friday. It was crazy at the early voting location so it turned out that I was destined to vote today. Kenneth went first thing in the morning and it was crazy busy. He was there for about an hour. I was there for about 20 minutes. Awesome. Apparently it pays to have a name in the second part of the alphabet. Our line was much shorter than the A-K line. So if you haven't voted, get out and do it.

The Winning Team!!

I have been on losing teams for the past year. It seemed like everything I supported was "shot down in a blaze of glory." (Bon Jovi anyone?)






I supported Referendum One for school vouchers in November. I thought that people would be concerned about their children's education and research the issue, but most people voted according to commercial scare tactics.




Next, I actually registered Republican just so I could vote for Ron Paul in March. I know he is a radical, what with defending the constitution and all, but I still decided to make my vote count. Well, it didn't count for much.



Moving on to April. I was petitioning for our charter school to allow striped shirts instead of just solid shirts. I am a radical. The board took it personally that we would question them and we were summarily dismissed.





Now let's look to May. I attended the Republican State Convention and was so disappointed by the close voting that ended with Jason Chaffetz receiving 59.1%, requiring a primary. I felt pretty beat up politically after that. I was mad enough after the convention though to contact the Chaffetz campaign and volunteer. I didn't do much, especially since I was sick for Pony Express days and was supposed to help in the booth and then walk in the parade. I did neither. What I did do was put a sign in my yard and pass out doorknob flyers with my wonderful children. I hope my efforts made a difference. What I do know is that Jason Chaffetz won and I am officially part of the winning team. I'm so happy I could weep.