The Delivery
The ballot box + mode of transportation
The scene plus "that lit'le flagger on it" (pronounced à la Nigel Tufnel). The Pioneer Courthouse stands in the background, yet another piece of the system. The courthouse is part of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals headquartered in SF, and, as one can learn on a walking tour of Portland, it is the most overturned appeals court by the Supreme Court of these United States.
The time-stamp on my camera for the delivery snapshot reads November 2, 2010, 7:16:30pm (the 30 = seconds). Better late than never, they say. The deadline was 8 pm! A friend of mine said he loves to wait till the last minute to vote "to keep 'em guessing" (love it!). Another friend of mine said, "Ich liebe das System hier in Oregon. Es ist sehr benutzerfreundlich" (user-friendly). Definitely a true statement, but somehow much funnier in German. I suppose part of the hilarity is due to the personality who said it.
All in all, I would have to say that this has been my most pleasant and informed election experience thus far in my voting career. I also heard that a few local races are very close and that we may not know the results until late tonight since so many people voted late! Hooray democracy!
During the pre-election period, we got an enormous "VOTE!" note on our doorknob, which was generally annoying except that someone had handwritten in the blank: "_____ percent of voters in your neighborhood voted in the previous election cycle." Our neighborhood was 90.7%! Wow! Imagine how very differently things would turn out if the rest of the country voted like that. And if those who don't typically vote did.
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