Voting.

• I voted and I have the sticker to prove it! I did my research and I believe that I made the best options for myself and how I would like the country to be run. Every vote counts so I am happy to say that I was part of this election. I am also extremely happy that I am done voting, done with the process, basically done worrying about it. It is another thing checked off my list of to do's. I grew up in a state that has probably the worst reputation for voting in the history of the United States. Florida is the butt of everyone's jokes when it comes to voting. We can't count, our ballot confuses people (or they are just dumb), and we continously have the same issues come up in every election. It is safe to say that Florida is not the land of the most intelligent folks!

• I went to vote on the first day of early voting. I arrived with my voter registration card and driver's license...think that is all I needed. Well, it wasn't that easy. I walked up to the table of four women handed them my voter registration card and drivers license, the lady second from the left responded with "what can I do for you?" I told her that I was here to vote, and she seemed a little surprised, but said "oh, we don't need your voter registration card, just your registration number, do you know it?" In my head I thought to myself, this lady is a retard, but I responded calmly with my registration number is on my voter card. She again asked me if I knew the number. I tried to be polite but I could tell I was dealing with a mental midget. I asked for my registration card back and read her the number. She immediately responded with "oh, it is on your card, good to know!" Are you kidding me lady? She ended up printing my scantron type of paper twice so she didnt know which one to actually scan to make sure my vote counted. I was beginning to get a little nervous, but this was only the beginning. After I signed my name (what felt like twenty times, but probably was only 4), she pointed for me to stand behind two elderly gentleman.

• There I stood behind two gentleman waiting to get their paper ballots. In Colorado you can have the choice to use a paper ballot or electronic touch screen. I elected for the touch screen when I registered to vote a year ago. It was clearly on my registration card (which the lady didn't want to read or look at). It is finally my turn, I give the lady behind the second table my blue paper with my name and bar code, which was given to me at the first table. The lady looks at it and says you aren't suppose to be in this line you are doing electronic touch screen voting. You have to go back and get your blue card re-scanned and then head the tabled labled "electronic." I turn around and go back to the first lady who says, wow you are done voting fast! I proceed to explain to her that I hadn't voted yet, because I was in the wrong line and I need to get scanned for electronic voting. She immediately responds with "oh, why didn't you tell me that when you first got here?" I could have reached acrossed the table and slapped her, but she was probably like 65 or 70, so it wouldn't be very nice to do that...I again tried to remain calm and said in a very polite but yet extremely sarcastic tone "I am sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that instead of giving you my voter registration card."

• I finally make it over to the electronic touch screen to vote. Having already done my research on all the candidates and issues it only took me like 3 minutes to vote. Some of the amendments were out of order, so it is a good thing I had them labeled on my cheat sheet. After I finished voting I went to hand in my electronic card to the gentleman at the table. He asked if I already voted, I thought that was a strange question because I was handing in my ballot as he asked the question. The morons they found to volunteer for this election, must be the same morons they had counting the votes in Florida 4 years ago. On my way out of the building, I had to ask for a sticker, because of "cut-backs" you don't get a sticker unless you ask for one. Of course, I wanted a sticker, that was the only reason I wanted to vote!