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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
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2:34p - My state? DICKHEADS.
Well, see, being The Hate State was so much goddamn fun the first time around, Colorado decided to do it again. Good work, Colorado.
Not that I trust the result entirely. My polling place was moved farther away, and the new place was in a confusing location separate from another polling place at a neighboring precinct (coincidentally, of course, the wealthier precinct was much easier to find, next to the bus stop, much more organized, and much better run), which even the people running my precinct found confusing and inappropriate. I wonder how many people, unable to find our polling place, just didn't vote because it's not worth the hassle. Last midterm election, our polling place was actually located in our precinct next to a bus stop (this one? Say you're disabled and cannot drive - be prepared to walk a quarter-mile over brush, climb over gates, and walk over rock retaining walls), and the line was out the door. This time, there was almost nobody there. Our county was very close on Referendum I, which is the one where Colorado voters looked at it and said, "you know what? I hate gay people. A LOT." (Only a solid marriage is threatened by Melissa Etheridge! Just look at Britney Spears! If you damn gays weren't demanding basic human rights like the spoiled brats you are, she'd still be married to K-Fed! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY! *sobs*)
My precinct used voting machines that give a paper confirmation before votes were cast. My precinct refused to allow voters their right to see this paper confirmation, and in fact deny that it exists. And since the machines we use are under investigation for using vote-tampering software, they aren't at all trustworthy.
On the good side, Dems have the state house, state senate, and governor. I'd hoped that Ken would win Secretary of State and clean up some of this crap so we can actually have a decent election for once, but next election I'll feel just as disillusioned about the process. You're more assured of not getting cheated in a casino here than you are at voting. (No, seriously, gambling machines must register their software with the state to make sure it's on the up-and-up. Voting machines are not.) Also, Dems have the House and may have the Senate, and we don't have Santorum to kick around anymore. So it's possible that even though this state is hateful, bigoted, and mean to people who they've decided are different and therefore less than human (except, of course, for their evangelical leaders, who just need "counseling" for meth-fueled gay hooker romps; it's okay to be gay as long as you hate other gays! Also, okay to be an immigrant as long as you're not a dirty Mexican), we may be able to override it somehow. The election, the way we hate gay people here, everything. Maybe it can be fixed before this goddamn bigoted lump of crap we call Colorado becomes the national whipping-boy. Again. Because unlike anti-gay pastors from Colorado Springs, we can't all take drugs to assuage our own self-loathing. Voting against marijuana took care of that.
(Apparently the Hyatt was full of shenanigans, ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) harpie84 called me from over there and it sounded like it was pretty raucous. We coulda gone over there; Dems victory parties tend to be fun, and Ed won, which was awesome. But it was also fun to drench ourselves in alcohol over at my place, and cheaper.)
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