Voting in Silverlake

I voted yesterday at the local Masonic temple. Everyone was very helpful. But I didn’t really succeed in making my vote count, I don’t think.

I had been alerted that i should vote by a city booklet for democrats. From this i assumed that i had for some reason registered as a democrat even tho I hate democrats almost as much as republicans. However at the Masonic temple I received a libertarian ballot. That made more sense and i didnt question it.

I proceeded to vote in the lonesome booth dedicated to peace and freedom and libertarians. I noticed that My ballot had both parties on it and even asked a poll worker if it would be alright if i voted for both parties. I was told that my ballot would be thrown out if i did, so I voted straight for only one of them.

When I was finished somebody pointed to a machine i should stick my ballot in so it would be counted. I did and the machine immediately spat it out. A helpful poll worker told me to try it the other way around. I did and the machine spat it out again. We tried all the ways to stick it in but it always spat it out, so the pollworker said I’d have to go back and vote again using a new ballot.

Obediently I did as told and then returned to the machine and stuck it in. This time it spat out two ballots, mine and the previous voter. The helpful pollworker thought this odd and he quickly stuck the previous voter’s ballot back In. it stayed inside. Then we tried all the permutations of sticking mine in again, but it always spit it out again. So finally he had me sign some forms and he put my defective ballot along with the forms into an envelope and gave me a receipt and I was done.

When I came home and told my wife she mentioned that she herself was registered as a democrat twice at the temple, once for each last name she’s had. I mentioned to her that I was told I was the first person to vote libertarian at the polling place. Then we drank some wine and forgot about it.

But just now I remembered it again. In the silverlake masonic temple There were 3 booths for democrats, one for republicans, and one for ‘whatever else’.

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