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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I don't understand why all the states didn't postpone the primaries. I expect a lot of people who wanted to vote didn't get to because they were afraid to go to the polls. I'm fortunate that my state had already voted before all these closures started happening.
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I had received a mail-in ballot almost a month ago but the list of candidates was 20+. I didn’t want to waste my vote on someone who dropped out before the election. The closer it got to Election Day the more concerned I became, not just about their political viability, but their actual viability. I didn’t want my vote to go to someone who was no longer with us or looking towards the light. Ah yes, we do live in interesting times.
Election Day was also St. Patrick’s Day and usually my son hosts the family and friends for Guinness, corn beef and cabbage,etc. But my son is a district fire chief and he has been working lots of extra hours so no party, besides I had already told him that as much as I love him and his family the closest I will get to them for at least the next couple of weeks, is to go outside my house and wave as they drive by. I was very pleasantly surprised when my granddaughters (home on spring break) called to say they were driving by to bring me some corned beef and accompaniments that my daughter in law had made since she didn’t have to go to work (Orthodontics Office limiting hours due to virus). Unfortunately, they didn’t bring the Guinness. And yes, they rolled down the window and handed it to me at a safe distance.
I feel awful about distancing from them but the last thing they need is to have to worry about me. I know how much I am worrying about them.