Just finished my election day journey into the twilight zone. Unless I'm traveling, I don't do early voting because I like to show up early in the morning and observe the procedures; here in the 'burbs there aren't scowling police officers discouraging suspicious looking (Black, latino, or freaky-looking) voters, but from time to time there have been campaign workers illegally close to the polls. Nothing like the inner city polling places of my past life, where I often got the hairy eyeball from defenders of the public safety for being a big disreputable looking person. Oh well, now that I'm old I'm almost respectable. Some insights and musings:
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