Election Day

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

“Illya, come with me.  I have something to do before lunch.”

“I am hungry, Napoleon, can it not wait until after?”

“No.”  He started walking briskly knowing the Russian would follow.  Fifteen minutes later, they walked into an elementary school.  Napoleon signed in, showed his ID and motioned for Illya to enter the voting booth with him.

As Napoleon made his choices and flipped the lever, Illya said, “This is the most amazing thing about America: You choose your leadership.  Why are there so few people voting?  I do not understand how people ignore their civic duty.”

“Neither do I.”

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

This could actually be for the HOWDOWE challenge,. as that was for Guy Fawkes/Election day. Nice of one. Our polling places are absolutely packed this morning, as I suppose a lot of people are unable to go to work. Still a lot of power outages.

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're right! I'm going to add the HODOWE tag.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

You allow people to accompany voters into the booth in the US?

Nice story.

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

There's no rule that says you can't. Many parents take their children of various ages into the booth. Or, I should say "Took." In NYC, we don't have the booths that you enter and close the curtain behind you anymore. But when we did, Napoleon could have taken Illya with him to vote. You're only in there long enough to fiip switches and then pull the lever.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

We've never had curtains, but we don't have switches and a lever either. All we get is a piece of paper and a pencil tied to the counter in the cubicle. And if your X doesn't stay within the square the vote doesn't count. You can't have anyone in the cubicle with you either unless you're registered disabled and allowed assistance.

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

So True, but had to wait 1/2 hour to vote this morning--so nice to see.