I never understood the lines

When I lived in California, I never stood in line to vote. I just went, voted, and got on with the rest of my day.

Back before Oregon went entirely mail-in ballot, I didn't have to wait in line here, either.

But the first time I voted, in college in Indiana, I waited in line for a little over an hour. Never really understood why they didn't just have more precincts so voters wouldn't have to wait so much.

Regardless of whether you have to wait or not, get out there and vote, folks! And if you're on the west coast, and the media start calling the race before you've voted, get out there and do it anyway -- your vote does count!!

Democracy is threatened

We're on the road to hell....

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 - Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court refused today to set aside an early-morning Ohio appeals court ruling that allowed Republicans to send challengers to polling places, effectively ending Democrats' efforts to block what they had cast as an effort to intimidate minority voters in this key battleground state.