On this day of Our Lord October 24, 2020 A.D. early voting began in NYC.
The polls opened at 10 AM and yours truly headed to the designated early polling site around 12:30 PM. The line was longggggggggggggggggg, massive, stretching out for blocks, and my total wait time was close to an hour-and-a-half.
Needless to say, it was worth it -- even though my paper ballot jammed when I inserted it, one of the poll workers shouting "Dat's duh fourth time dat's happened!" (Lucky me.) Fortunately the machine indicated that my vote was counted so my exercise of democracy was validated.
But what really impressed me was how well-behaved, how orderly, how drama-free, the whole experience was. No right-wing militia "poll watchers" blocked anyone's path. No one made noise or started fights or got into arguments or prevented anyone from voting. No one made trouble. No one cut the line. The horror shows you see about early voting in other parts of the country have not visited us. It was a just a bunch of solid citizens, salt-of-the-earth New Yorkers, doing the right thing with aplomb.
And everyone wore a mask.
Beautiful to behold. We New Yorkers do, indeed, rawk.
If you want more info about voting and early voting in NYC, go here.
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