Yes on Kamala, Yes on Reproductive Rights

 

by Pa Rock

Voter

Jimmy Carter and I now have some very important things in common:  we have voted in this year's presidential election, and we voted for Kamala Harris!  Jimmy got to take advantage of "early voting" in Georgia, but the Missouri state legislature seems to think that "early voting" is some liberal San Francisco plot that will make children want to change their genders, so we have "no excuse absentee voting" instead.

I just got back from voting a "no excuse absentee" ballot in the county clerk's office at the courthouse.  The place is hopping with probably a dozen people voting while I sat and slowly pored over every candidate and issue on my ballot.  I marked mine for Kamala and Tim at the top of the ticket, chose Democrats for every state office, voted for a Libertarian for Congress, and two Democrats at the local level - the only two running - for state representative and county coroner.  Seven Republicans ran unopposed for local offices.

I supported Amendment 3, a citizen's initiative to amend the state constitution to repeal our state's god-awful total abortion ban.  I even have a "Yes on 3" sign standing proudly in my front yard.   The government, and especially Missouri's crappy-assed state government, does not belong in our bedrooms or our doctor's offices.  It's a matter of freedom and personal liberty!

There were two gambling issues on the ballot, one to allow sports' betting - and another allowing a casino for Lake of the Ozarks.  I always vote against gambling initiatives because they damage and impoverish families, and casinos target senior citizens.  "Gaming" is bad business.

I also voted to not renew four justices to the state Supreme Court because that's just the way I roll.

As I was submitting my completed ballot by sliding it into the machine, a fellow senior citizen walked in and asked a lady at the counter if he could vote early.  "We don't have early voting in Missouri," she told him.  "But we do have "no excuse absentee voting."  

"What's the difference?"  he asked, cautiously.

"There ain't none," she admitted.