Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Okay, I've dealt with the most important thing on my to-do list for today. As usual, it took me not quite twice as long to walk to the polling place and back as I spent inside getting checked in and voting (even though I didn't realize there were two different precincts' polling stations at the same building in adjoining rooms, and I'd gone to the wrong one first -- and the fact that my polling place is so close that it would take longer to start the car, fasten my seat belt, and look for a parking spot than it does to walk there). There were other people already voting, but no line. I asked one poll worker how the day was going, and she said it hadn't been terribly busy, but "it's been steady, and that's encouraging." The Diebold voting machine did not malfunction in any visible way -- no last-page vote switching. Though of course the big problem with paperless voting is the lack of any way to check for not-immediately-visible errors.

Of course, going over the sample ballot beforehand and searching the web for information about the various ballot initiatives (deciding between the candidates in various races was easier this year than some times) took longer than all the rest put together, which is as it should be: the effort of this civic duty should be in the deciding, not in the recording of the decision. (It probably helps that I voted in the middle of the afternoon, not close to either rush hour.) I haven't peeked at LJ in the past few hours, so I don't know whether anyone's had headaches, hassles, or long waits this time. Here's hoping that things are going smoothly elsewhere.

Alas, I didn't sleep much last night, and my body is now saying, "nap!". Let's see if I can get by with an hour or and hour and a half, and make it to 3LF tonight.