I Voted by Mail Today

 


I'd rather vote in person on November 8th.  There is something heartening about standing in line at the Polling station with other voters where  despite our political differences we are united in our commitment to what we call the democratic process

BUT   Our Sarasota County (FL) ballot is extremely complicated.

We are to vote in more than seventeen elected offices; and in ten or so state, county, and city "referenda" 

Using my brains, (and a Sarasota County Democratic party "cheat sheet")  it took me over fifteen minutes to complete the ballot form.

I'd rather do this in the quietness of my home than in a cramped voting booth.

Florida ballots are tallied electronically.  To vote we fill in ovals on the ballot sheet  (with a black or blue ball point pen).  The ovals are read and tallied by Computer)

At the very least we MUST vote out our cruel and meanspirited Governor Ron DeSantis; and our lazy U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.


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