I voted for myself

 

I got back from my polling place, which had a steady stream of citizens coming in to vote. Yay, Democracy!

Well, sort of yay…

Because of the gerrymandering of Congressional districts, there was only one candidate on the ballot for Congress, an incumbent who is part of the problem of Washington gridlock and with whom I fundamentally disagree on a host of important issues.

Despite his being the only name on the ballot, I could not bring myself to vote for him. I also did not want to leave that column of the ballot blank, so I decided to vote for myself.

I shared this plan with my Facebook friends yesterday, so I may get a few other write-in votes, too.

Here’s hoping that in two years I will have more choices on the ballot.