Dearest Voting,
I love you. I love how you make me feel, like I am special and important, like my voice is heard and I matter to you. Thank you for giving me agency. Thank you for the privilege of helping me participate in our democracy, and for reminding me of the struggles that others have had to endure so that I might be able to exercise my wishes towards the future of our country. You give so much and ask so little, Voting- just that I show up, spend a little time, and pull your lever on occasion.
I love what happens when we hang out, Voting. I love going to your polling place, greeting all the little old ladies, getting my crisp white ballot and filling it in with firm black pen marks. Most of all, though, I love the little red "I voted!" sticker that I get on my way out. I wear it proudly throughout the day, a badge of honor that declares our very special relationship. I love the way people see my sticker and want to give me free things, like Chipotle burritos, dessert and gas. I feel so joyful and rewarded through my involvement with you.
Most of all, though I love how open our relationship. I am happy to share you with anyone and everyone, and I love how open you are to that possibility. Sometimes I know I talk about you so much that my friends get sick of hearing about you, but you are just so important to me and I think you should be important to everyone. I don't want you to go anywhere, ever, and I know that the one way to make sure you are never taken away from me is to keep in touch, let other people know how great you are and really take the time to get to know you.
Love always,
Hala
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Another note: All day and for the next few weeks we will be hearing about all kinds of possible voter fraud. As this subject grows and gets more and more attention we will start to hear of "solutions." These solutions will come in various types like biometric scanners, national ID cards, more aggressive census taking, even more tracking of citizens finances, the elimination of cash to stop polling bribery,etc. This will continue to happen and it matters not who is in office. Voting can be controlled and it will be in the not to distant future if we continue to let it happen. Talk of government overhaul will continue to be censored and who knows how much farther it could go. So, Chipotle is giving out free burritos? Yea!
Contrary to my last post, we did not hear about all the rampant voter fraud and disenfranchised voters. Why do you suppose this is? The day of the election there we gobs of stories in the making but come wednesday morning they were all gone. Replaced with tearful stories of how the DFL had taken back the house and senate. In a "What if" world we have to wonder why this was so different than we all expected. Could it indicate a DFL sympathetic press? Does it mean that there is only fraud when a republican wins? Does it mean that only democrats cry foul play when they lose? Only the Watcher knows...
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