Not sure what this portends in this obscenely deep red state of Missouri, but this is the line for early voting at a library close to our house. Missouri opened no excuse early voting starting October 22 and continues right up the day before election day, November 5th. From everything I have been reading, it is a very popular. This picture was taken on Friday, October 25th around 10:30 in the morning.
The line once inside the library was two or three times as long as the line outside as they had us snaking around like we were in an airport TSA line. All in all though, it went smoothly. From the time I parked my truck — we had to walk a ways back to the library — it took us an hour to vote.
Just as an aside, one thing I do not like about Missouri elections is that they allow campaign signs and canvassers almost right up to the door of the polling location. I was trying to remember how this functioned in other states that I have voted in at other points of my life. I remember Oklahoma having the signs but not the canvassers, but that was 25 or 30 years ago. Who knows now days since Oklahoma is another maldito red state… it did not used to be that way. My personal opinion is neither signs nor canvassing should be allowed except at a much greater distance than is legal now.
One thing that was happening as we exited the voting room was something I had not seen before. People were putting their hands in the air and dancing a little jig, or they were high-fiving folks waiting for them. There was large group of mostly elderly women doing this as each of their members exited, but there were many others not connected with this group that were doing the same thing.
I am not sure if the dancing and high-fiving was because of the long wait and they were finally done, or if folks were that charged up for the candidates or issues they had just voted for. I suppose I will find out the evening of November 5th.
I pray to Odin that I am also dancing a jig that evening as I am listening to Kamala’s victory speech. Ojalá…
I think they are cheering for supporting the rights of women.