Yesterday I voted for the first time. It was pretty exciting to get a ballot and fill it out. My appreciation of the event was increased because a few days prior, my sociology professor had shown a documentary that illustrated the end of South African apartheid and focused on the momentous occasion it had been when Blacks were finally allowed to vote. I was glad there weren’t mile long lines in front of my polling place.
However, voting wasn’t what I expected because there were no candidates to vote for — only propositions. This made it a little anticlimactic. And none of the eight propositions passed. Wow. That’s a great use of what, $250 million in state funds? Thank you Governor Schwarzenegger — oh well, at least I had fun.