When the Levy Breaks

(I hope someone gets my pun/reference)

Two things are happening today here in my state. Today people are voting and it's flooding. Some of the polling places had to be closed because of the floods.

Those people can go to any polling place that is open and get a provisional ballot. I'm telling you, this flooding is the work of the Republicans trying to stop us from voting! Although, they could probably come back with: This is an act of God to stop you Democrats and Independents from voting. (Did I mention that my county is 80% blue? And we are a very large county).

As far as flooding goes, me and my places of work are ok so far. I live near a lake and the sound, not near any rivers. And my apartment is on the second floor. I just need to worry a little bit about my car. The pic is from the Seattle Times. What Snoqualmie Falls normally looks like.

When I turned 18, my dad gave me two voter registration forms. He said he gave me two In case I made a mistake on the first one, like marked Republican. (The direct quote is actually archived in one of Quinn's quote notebooks from high school). Dad also said that I could be anything I wanted, but he wouldn't have a Republican living under his roof. Yeah, right, like the environmentalist/feminist with socialist leanings is going to register Republican!

My first experience with the polls was when I was sixteen, before I could even vote. And I wasn't even a citizen of the country. My Australian Venture Unit had volunteered to help out at the polls when it came time to elect a Prime Minister.

It is against the law in Australia not to vote. I'm not sure what the consequence is if you don't (someone else look it up). The ballots were paper, about foolscap size. They just had to make a big tick mark next to their candidate. I think the only thing they were voting for was Prime Minister. So after the polls closed, we took all the ballots and just set them on the floor, making one pile for each candidate. And a different pile for the write-ins of, "Bugs Bunny" "Hells Angles" and the like. (yes, Angles).

I decided to get an absentee ballot this year. I looked at the very back of the voter's guide for the form.
It's in Chinese. Oops, must have gone to far, the English probably stops in the middle. No, couldn't find it. Index at beginning says it's on the very last page. I went back again. Oh, it's in Chinese and English, it's just that the characters are so much bigger than the English words, that I didn't even see them. This got me wondering, what languages are used in other states? Mini-poll: What other languages besides English was on the voters guide in your state?