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08 November 2005 @ 06:18 am
Election Day  
Don't forget to vote today. The local League of Women Voters has a Houston guide, especially good for a crash course on the amendments up for a vote.

I'm more optimistic about the possibility of defeating Prop. 2 than I have any right to be. I live in a slightly Repug-leaning area with a lot of retirees but I've been impressed by the number of yard signs against it - and the utter lack of any for it.

Wouldn't that be a lovely coup? For Texas to be the first state to reject adding hate to our state constitution?
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[identity profile] msjudi.livejournal.com on November 8th, 2005 04:34 pm (UTC)
I voted (I live in a suburb of Houston). If it's up to me and folks like me, this amendment will never pass!
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on November 8th, 2005 07:58 pm (UTC)
Huh. So you are the mystery 6th person who votes progressive in every election. I always wondered...

(So, did my cool demeanor totally fool you into thinking my inner fangirl wasn't squeeing to see that msjudi, writer extraordinaire, had posted in my podunk LJ???)
[identity profile] msjudi.livejournal.com on November 8th, 2005 08:40 pm (UTC)
I am, indeed, the 6th. My husband is the 7th, and the newest voter in our household, our 18 year old daughter [livejournal.com profile] vibrant_dapnhe, is the 8th ;)

And omg, now I'm blushing like you wouln't believe! :D
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on November 8th, 2005 11:33 pm (UTC)
7th?!? I knew we should have gotten electronic voting machines with paper readouts for recounts to prevent exactly this kind of fraud. Where'd that 7th vote go?

Congrats to your daughter on her first election. Now she's a real woman.
[identity profile] msjudi.livejournal.com on November 9th, 2005 12:06 am (UTC)
Yeah, but even still, she's pretty down. She knows that no matter how hard she's worked on this election (she volunteers for a GLBT task force), she knows her rights are about to be severely curtailed because the likelihood of this amendment passing is pretty good.
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on November 9th, 2005 01:36 am (UTC)
Ouch - not the best memory for one's first election. I'd say welcome to political life in Texas but there's never a good time to learn this sort of reality. There are days I'm so angry I could spit and there are others that I think Vancouver just seems like the only rational option. Hugs to your family.