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So, yesterday
Nov. 5th, 2014 05:54 amThis was a part of yesterday's reading assignment. I got to review a paper for Very Important Journal (okay, not that important, but close!), and it was mathy. In a good way. But the review took the better part of the day while I figured out what all of the math meant and whether it was reasonable (it was).
Then I left the lab a bit early because someone was grinding up cotton plant samples again, and even with a dust mask on while sitting at my desk, it gets hard to breathe in there. I shipped off a package to a collaborator, and then visited the Natural Foods Store With Terrible Hours. While there, I learned that the Texas voter ID laws are more terrible than the Arizona ones, in that the only form of ID that would work for me is my driver's license, which doesn't have my current address (note to self: get passport photos done so I can renew my passport!!). So, back to the lab to update my license ($11) and print out the temporary paper, a mere 2 months before leaving the state. Then home quick, to grab my voter ID card and head to the polls. And then, success.
Not that my vote made that much of a difference, really. When there are local Republican candidates running unopposed, I prefer to non-vote by leaving boxes unchecked. Even showing up to the polls and casting a blank ballot sends an important message and is an important democratic action to take.
Then I left the lab a bit early because someone was grinding up cotton plant samples again, and even with a dust mask on while sitting at my desk, it gets hard to breathe in there. I shipped off a package to a collaborator, and then visited the Natural Foods Store With Terrible Hours. While there, I learned that the Texas voter ID laws are more terrible than the Arizona ones, in that the only form of ID that would work for me is my driver's license, which doesn't have my current address (note to self: get passport photos done so I can renew my passport!!). So, back to the lab to update my license ($11) and print out the temporary paper, a mere 2 months before leaving the state. Then home quick, to grab my voter ID card and head to the polls. And then, success.
Not that my vote made that much of a difference, really. When there are local Republican candidates running unopposed, I prefer to non-vote by leaving boxes unchecked. Even showing up to the polls and casting a blank ballot sends an important message and is an important democratic action to take.
