[Peace-discuss] Buttoned-down voting

[David Green]

I was met this morning at the polling station by a man with a booming voice who 
asked me my name, and loudly proclaimed it to the the waiting poll workers. He 
noticed the button that I had thoughtlessly worn in to the polling place, 
purchased at the AWARE table: "Socialism: the radical idea of sharing." I was 
asked to remove it, which of course I did, while giving him a completely 
spontaneous look that was somewhere between quizzical and annoyed. Before 
voting, I was asked to evaluate the efficiency of the experience, and I 
checked the box that said I had waited in line for zero minutes. After voting, 
and after having to be instructed on allowing a machine to suck up my ballot, I 
was awarded a sticker with a proper American flag. That, of course, is 
non-partisan and non-ideological, as good citizenship is meant to be. I 
re-fastened my button on leaving the polling place; one can only be a socialist 
in private.

They always need for you to know that they're keeping an eye on you.

DG


      
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