Two things.
First, I got my new glasses today. They'd called a week ago Wednesday, Oct. 9, actually, saying that they were ready to be picked up, but because my phone A) didn't inform me that I had new voice mail waiting (which is "normal" for this phone, because it
never alerts me when I have voicemail), and B) didn't inform me at all that I'd missed a call from the eye doctor (which is
not normal for this phone, so what the fuck, asshole phone), I didn't find out about it until today, when I just randomly decided to check my voicemail after getting a spam call.
In any case, I have new glasses, for the first time since 2020. (I thought it had been longer, but apparently not.)
Second, I early voted today. Took about 30 minutes or so. The line was wrapped all the way around the library lobby, and I thought it was going to take forever, but it moved pretty quickly. As
per usual, I voted D for every race that had a D running in it (including, of course, Harris for President) and left entirely blank the several races that only had an R (or even two or three R candidates, but still no D or "other" candidates, in some cases).
I also voted against a NC Constitutional Amendment referendum that purported to "clarify" things. Basically, whoever put this shit on the ballot wants to change the wording of a certain section.
The current wording is
"Every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized, 18 years of age, and possessing the qualifications set out in this Article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people of the State, except as herein otherwise provided."The amendment referendum on the ballot is worded like this:
"Constitutional amendment to provide that only a citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age and otherwise possessing the qualifications for voting shall be entitled to vote at any election in this State."Basically, they want to remove "every other person who has been naturalized," particularly the "naturalized" part. It doesn't actually affect who can and cannot vote, at all, mind you. Naturalized citizens can still vote, even if this passes. It just wants to change the wording to introduce unnecessary uncertainty and fear, and to perhaps persuade "naturalized citizens" to stay home and not vote, for fear of "breaking the law," even though they're still fully eligible to vote. Essentially just more extremely petty racist Republican voter suppression horseshit, in other words. *weary sigh*
One thing that
really annoyed me when I went to vote today, though, was that there was some bitch standing outside the library, "helpfully" handing out little yellow "voter guide" pamphlets... which
only had the fucking
Republican candidates on it. I glanced at it and handed it back to her, refraining from saying anything, but I was stewing on the inside, like so:
"Galactic Mermaid - The Mermaid Sisters"
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