It's sad when real life events validate paranoia.
This morning, I was checking out the page on how to cast a write-in vote, as I'm planning on writing in the name of Anthony Cerro in today's Congressional special election.
On the page illustrating how to cast a write in vote, the image shows a pencil writing a name.
And I got to worry if my vote would actually count, given that I don't have a pencil so I'll be using a pen.
I know it seems like an absurd concern. But it also would've seemed absurd to think that a guy could get the signatures of 7000 citizens of the district, twice the number needed, and still be denied a spot on the ballot.
If that's the way the 'democratic process' works, then anything is possible. Maybe I better stop and pick up a Ticonderoga #2 on my way to the polls.
Update: I did cast my write-in vote in pen, earlier this morning. Keep your fingers crossed that no Conservative enemies of democracy will challenge it and that my vote will actually count.
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