Vote

I got to Cary Elementary at 6:15 and found a line 75-100 yards long outside the school. It was pretty uneventful waiting in line, except the light rain and sometimes interesting conversation between fellow line-mates.

When we got inside and closer to the actual polls, they were calling for people with the last name T-Z to skip the line and head straight up. Occasionally, they even called for H-S to come up as there were fewer of them. What caused this? Did the segmentation of the alphabet properly reflect the registered voters, but just people with last name A-G showed up more? Did someone skip his/her homework and forget to research the proper distribution? Or is mandated by law to break up the lines in such a way?

Voting itself was pretty uneventful, except my machine (#1) had a “Charge/Battery Low” warning light blinking, so I alerted one of the workers. Why would these machines not be plugged in, or not fully charged? I also heard one lady tell another “Don’t use Machine 3.” I don’t know why, but that scared me, too.

Two hours after arriving, I was done voting!

Afterward, I immediately broke my Starbucks rule and got free coffee. The place was packed!