Today is election day! I’m a permanent absentee voter, so I cast my ballot two weeks ago. My state provides a way to check to see if my ballot has been received–and it has! I’m one of a long line of women voters from my family. I have distant relatives who fought for the right…
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I Voted Just Like my Grandmother and Great Grandmother Before Me
Last night I filled out my absentee ballot. Today it went off on on civic journey to the land of the registrar of voters. On November 4th, someone will check my signature on the back, slit the envelope open, and I will be yet another voter taking part in a historical election. I’m not the…