I took my Mom (80) to vote, today. For the 2nd time, I had to "assist" her, which means (in Cook County) I had to provide my driver's license and explain WHY I was assisting her (she has glaucoma and she is 80 and they have electronic voting machines that even sometimes *I* can't figure out, LOL). They were VERY nice.
Out front of the building, it was fast. But the guy warned us, once inside it would take A HALF HOUR. (It took us at least this long, and this is in GLENVIEW.) Sure enough, they handed us a number ... 88, and they called out
#12. Seeing the news on TV about people waiting THREE HOURS, we felt lucky.
We sat down and waited, chatted ... more than 30 minutes later, Mom seated in the voting booth, I saw WHY it took so long. There were SIX PAGES of choices, holy crap.
Anyway, next time, Mom is voting by MAIL, LOL. She almost didn't vote, but she felt terrible about it, and changed her mind. She's not "never" voted in her 80 years.
THIS IS SO EXCITING, I WISH I LIVED IN TEXAS FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE SO I COULD HAVE CAMPAIGN FOR BETO!!!!!
Oh, and on the way in today, we ran into a very smartly dressed lady (RED BUFFALO PLAID, OMG, I TOTALLY LOVE, MY FAVORITE) who said "HI,
I'M JAN SCHAKOWSKY!" and we said "HI!" :-)