Well I hit the polling station this morning on my way to work and did my civic duty.  I stared at that ballot for a long hard time trying to decide what was most important to me.

I like both of these candidates, and I have an admiration for them both.  In the end, in what was to my mind, a battle between practicality and idealism, practicality won, and Hillary Clinton got my vote.

But I think Barack will be the winner, and that's okay too.  I'll be just as happy to vote for him on election day.

After voting I asked the election observer if I could photograph the polling station.  She called her boss and checked and said that I could do so but only if I stood "behind the rail" which put me in an awkward position, leading to the overly wide crop you see above.  But that's okay, I was still happy to take the shot.  I think it came out pretty good considering I was rushing.  Two different wards vote here, 2B and 2A.  I'm in ward 2A.  Turnout, according to the volunteers and staffers present, had been slow.  When I put my ballot in the counting machine said it was number 67 for the day.  One of the volunteers said the weather was contributing to the slow turnout and that she thought it would pick up later.

I would hope so!

I had heard on Save Fitchburg that someone would be present collecting signatures for a petition to revisit the charter of the City of Fitchburg for possible revision.  The charter hasn't been updated since the early 1970's, but nobody was there doing that when I showed up.  Hmm.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I handed out a couple of my photography business cards while I was there!  Hopefully something good will come of that.