Indiana Primary Elections today

Indiana is having its Primary Elections today. I voted because that is what I do on election day regardless if it is "only" a primary election. I also voted with particular attention being paid to two things. The first thing that I wanted to notice was if there were any problems with my registration or anyone else's in front of or behind me in the line. There had been problems reported by the State a couple of weeks ago in trial "votes" to test the new voter registration system, a system that now requires not just a voter registration card but an actual physical form of identification sanctioned by the State. Fortunately I nor anyone that I was aware of had any problems....Yeah!

The second thing I paid close attention to was how many people in front of me and behind me in line were requesting Democrat or republican ballots. Indiana is definitely a "Red State." My completely unscientific survey found that voters in my very rural district were requesting Democratic ballots at a 3 to 1 rate over the republican ballots.

An elderly lady probably late 70's early 80's was very eager to show her State I.D. to anyone whom looked official. She commented "nothing is free anymore." She requested a Democratic ballot. Also a man about 60 something wearing a Veteran of Foreign Wars hat proudly requested a Democratic ballot. This nearly brought tears to my eyes.

The only person that I witnessed asking for a republican ballot was a 50 something grossly fat bitter looking man who was likely driving the big gas guzzling Cadillac in the church parking lot. I briefly contemplated asking him why on earth he would be voting republican but figured it was best to leave them types to eat their own.

I was definitely encouraged by my experience at the polls today. But now is not the time for complacency. Now is the time to get more motivated than ever to get out the vote. Enough is enough. It is now time for us to get rid of the republican controlled congress, you know the culture of corruption. It is time for accountability. It is time to get America back on the right track. It is time to remember the working class American families, single moms, minorities, women, children, elderly people.....You get the idea...the people that Bush and the republican controlled congress have tried to make extinct. It is time to vote for a change.