I voted. It took about 20 minutes once the polls opened. They open at 6am here in New York. There were people on the line at 5am. I arrived at 5:50am and the line was out the door and down the block. I vote at the YMCA next to Good Stuff Diner where I had a marvelous breakfast with Amy, Larry and Jose back in September.
The wait time can be unpredictable due to an irascible man in charge of the process. I realize he has to depend on some Poll Workers who are, shall we say, less than fully qualified, but his outbursts and recriminations to voters waiting to cast ballots only makes the waiting more unpleasant. But, it wasn't as bad as it had been in years past. They were more organized and less churlish so when the voting began at 6am it was only 20 minutes from then until I pulled my lever (no that's not a euphemism). We vote by machine in New York, no paper ballots here, unless you're using a provisional ballot or there is something odd about your registration. I've voted on the same type of machine since I began voting in New York 28 years ago. We are supposed to get new machines sometime in the near future. When that will happen is anyone's guess.
I then came home and said goodbye to Anthony who is going out to Long Island to vote. Even though he's lived in the city for 7 years he has not yet changed his voter registration so he's off to the Isle of Long to cast his vote. Since I'm seeing Dividing the Estate (a new Horton Foote play) tonight and Road Show (Bounce, Gold, Wise Guys) tomorrow he is staying out yonder until Thursday to take care of a few things.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Later. The RH calls. Yes, RH is a euphemism or at least an abbreviation.
