Done!

Early voting in Florida started last Monday. The idea was implemented several years ago to accommodate voters who wanted more flexibility than what one day offers, who also didn't want to go the absentee route.

It was reported on last night's 11 o'clock news that the governor mandated that starting today, all early voting locations would open at 7am, and remain open until 7pm. Steven and I agreed that Orlando is populated by morons, and that No One watches the news. We decided to take advantage of the mandate by getting to our polling place early, zipping in, zipping out, no fuss, no muss.

When we arrived, we discovered that at least 200 of our neighbors watch the news. It still took us nearly an hour to vote. But, we did our part.

Considering how long it took us to vote this morning, and considering that relatively speaking the line was short, I realize that people I saw yesterday waited in line to vote for HOURS. 

I commented to Steve that the joke is going to be on us. Come next Tuesday, because everyone has been voting early, they are going to be listening to the grass grow in the polling places. Also, for early voting, they offer one polling place for 10 precincts, so over ten thousand of us have converged on one building, whereas on election day, everything will again be divided.