{"id":30396,"date":"2010-11-02T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=30396"},"modified":"2010-11-02T13:06:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T18:06:59","slug":"if-youre-under-30-rock-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/if-youre-under-30-rock-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"If you’re under 30, rock the vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The elederly showing up in force to vote earlier today, shipped in by minivan. If you're under 30, get moving and vote! My article on the topic is below, though what I didn't mention is that women and young people seem particularly susceptible to voter apathy this year -- and the issues affect you the most. Photo by Eric at the former Kingston Armory in Midtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is my article from last night, sent to our main list — Too close to call?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was practicing Election Day standup at the polling place today. First I walked in and said, “Is Joe Biden supposed to be standing so close to the building?” One lady got up from the table before her colleagues explained I must be kidding.<\/p>\n

Today was the first day that New York has used digital ballots, on paper where you fill in the circles (not touch screen). My theory as to why we have a better method is we have more lawyers and more college educated people in New York than most places. I voted and they told me to stick my ballot into the machine. I watched it take the thing, and then a confirmation lit up on the LCD panel.<\/p>\n

“Dick Cheney?!” I said, looking down at the screen. Everyone got it…<\/p>\n

One thing I can say about voting in New York is that the process is taken seriously. The Board of Elections functions and was answering the phone at 7:30 this morning. The lady who got up from the table when I mentioned Biden was actually concerned about the electioneering law — nobody can campaign too close to the polling place. Tough lessons from 2000 AND 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is my article from last night, sent to our main list — Too close to call? I was practicing Election Day standup at the polling place today. First I walked in and said, “Is Joe Biden supposed to be standing so close to the building?” One lady got up from the table before her … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}