Items of note – apparently today is the primaries. For most of you, I imagine you’ve been very aware of this for some time now, having long since received your absentee ballot, scribbled in your selection, and mailed it off without a second thought. For me, I regret that had I not noticed the envelope out of the corner of my eye last night and allowed curiosity to seek some kind of due date, I would have likely missed the event entirely.
If I had some idea that the contents required so little involvement, I might have dealt with the situation much sooner. Unfortunately, having dealt with a few of these things in the past, I’ve developed a strong aversive reaction to them. Procrastination is an immediate response on such a level that within moments without visual contact with this item, no remnant of its presence lingers in my mind.
It’s not that I dislike voting. On the contrary, I quite enjoy the fantasy that this magical slip of paper will solve all the world’s problems. The difficulty for me is in the astronomical mind-bending mathematics that produce such a result. Assuming all options are colossal lies – and so far as I’m concerned, this is undeniably so – which are the least damaging, and make what implications? Massive research & process is required to produce an acceptable result for even the smallest of choices. I should say, all this is required to produce one ballot for one election that speaks to my specific desires for its outcome.
Factoring in the significance of a single ballot… it’s easy to see why one might so despise such a task. Naturally, I soon discovered it was only the primaries. The research I require for this event has been complete (to a satisfactory extent) for some time now, so the selection was easy. A hasty run in with the postal receptacle, and my work was done.
Happy primary elections day everyone. GO VOTE!