Voting

We didn't get any photos, but this morning Molly went to the voting booth for the first time.

We went all together as a family and were at town hall about 10 minutes before the polls opened. There was a line out the building. Everybody was patient and civil, and the line moved quickly.

In Massachusetts they give each voter a paper ballot and walk over to stand at a cubicle in a row of cubicles to fill in bubbles with a black marker. Then you have to check out by giving your address again and they put your ballot into a scanner box.

This is a little more challenging with a baby than going into a booth with levers. Molly was grabbing at my marker and made a little stray mark on one of my votes for local election (I hope the scan machine is forgiving). She also tried pulling stuff off the cubicle wall and, my favorite, grabbing the cubicle wall and peeking around to the guy voting in the cubicle next to us. She was one of many babies there, though, and we made it out of there without causing any disasters.

Now Molly's asleep and I'm glued to the computer watching for results. Yay!