So it’s the first day of early voting in Texas. The Lovely Wife and I went to our preferred polling location (a community center). I figured it would be busy, but it was packed. Parking is usually not a problem. We had to wait 10 minutes for an open space.
The line inside was long, but moved quickly. I’d guess there were 4 rows of machines, double sided, and someone voting at every one. The Lege, in its infinite wisdom, outlawed single party some years back, so you have to wade through the federal offices and statewide offices (Gov., AG, Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals ) and district and county judges (criminal and civil), county officers (county commissioners court judge; county clerk, etc.), city offices, and one city referendum. One by one every fucking one. I kid you not, it took 20 minutes to fill out the ballot, then review it for errors.). I was surprised how civil everyone was, and how smoothly it ran.
It was a scene like I used to see, when all voting was done on Election Day. It was mostly old people (of course), and a local news station interviewed the Lovely Wife in the parking lot.
Whether this turnout keeps up for two weeks or not is an open question. When Beto ran , turnout was heavy; but Cruz is still a Senator. So who knows?🤷♂️
We will see what we will see. As the curse has it: “May you live in interesting times.”
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