Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Voting- Harlem Style

I made it to the polls with minutes to spare before they closed. My polling place was at an elementary school just across the street. What an environment! Everyone was excited and talking to each other. This was some voting experience!
First, the machine I used to vote was so primitive I was confused. (I find that being a member of generation Y, anything simple, basic, and/or not technological proves to be extremely challenging.) There is no way to describe this enormous machine. I stood there for many minutes trying to determine what the heck I was supposed to do.




I believe the word I came across when looking for a picture of this voting machine was antiquated. The photo below clearly depicts what decade I felt I was in while using this machine.




Even more shocking about this experience was that I didn't get a sticker! I promise I have grown out of expecting a sticker at the doctor and dentist offices but I do look forward to my "I voted sticker." I look forward to wearing my voting pride on my sleeve as I leave the polling place and I was very disappointed. So I searched one out online and placed it here. I feel much better now!



2 comments:

andrea gale said...

I love stickers. It's nice to have a little validatin, isn't it?

andrea gale said...

wow. I don't know what validatin is, but it sure does sound interesting, doesn't it? I meant to say "validation". There we go, that's better.