Voting by absentee ballot is usually a lonely experience, but not last November!
I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, and late last August, as I was walking to the grocery store, I noticed the neighbourhood drag was closed to traffic for one of the city's summer street festivals. I wandered over to browse the numerous booths selling this and that craft or cause, when what should I see? Team Obama had set up a table!
I made a beeline to the five or six volunteers at the table to express my solidarity, and was greeted warmly. Of course, as soon as I announced I was an American citizen, several clipboards were thrust at me simultaneously, but I explained that I was already registered to vote and had even voted in my primary.
It was wonderful to talk enthusiastically about the election with other voters, but the best part was when I told them how happy I was that since my state, North Carolina, was in play this election, my vote finally had some weight. The gang cheered. Not only that, one of the volunteers at the booth was from NC! She expressed the same sentiment and I left to do my shopping feeling even more hopeful of success in November.
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