Gracie Votes!

Daddy and I took Gracie with us (as we do every election in this town) to the voting booth. This year they got smart and put the machines in the high school gym. In years past we have huddled in a line outside town hall, as well as lined up in our church's very small Fellowship Hall.

We were worried about having to wait in very long lines as we have heard voting is very big this year and many people waited for hours to cast their ballots. Either we picked a good time, or the 10 machines that were in the gym made it easier for a town of 4,000 to pass through; either way we were in and out in 10 minutes or less.

The neat part was, after Garren let Gracie push the touch screen to cast his ballot we were directed to a hallway where they had a kids voting booth!

Gracie was a little hesitant, but she wanted to vote too. They had two laptops set up and a volunteer helped her by showing which buttons to push. I was sure, by the way, to ask if I could snap pictures since you can't have cameras or phones in the real voting area.

We stood back and let Gracie choose which ever candidates she wanted--but Daddy was super proud that she picked a completely Republican ballot all on her own. She picked the presidental one quickly, and the only thing I could think of is she had seen McCain's picture before. The others she didn't know which to pick. So I told her "red or blue?" This helped, and she called out "red" eagerly for the remaining two ballots. The poll volunteer thought that was a great idea.

When she was done she got her very own voting sticker and we headed to our new Denny's.

Sadly, this shouldn't be something we are excited about. But, seriously people we live in a town that has a McDonald's, Burger King, Subway...oh and the new Arby's. Yep, that's it besides the local restaurants.

We didn't have to wait to get in or to get our food and it was good. This was surprising (the wait part) because they just opened Sunday night.

So, now Gracie and I are home and Daddy is back at work and we will likely not see him until sometime tomorrow morning.

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