Reflections on my election ballot, volunteering, and McCain rally

I received my absentee ballot in the mail on Friday and have been trying to fill it out. I think I need a translator for the proposed constitutional amendments since they don't seem to be written in layman's English. I'm a third party supporter, but I've nearly lost faith in the Green Party for their crazy presidential candidate nomination (google Cynthia McKinney if you don't know what I'm talking about). I still haven't made a decision of who I'm going to vote for President yet.

I think it would be incredibly easy to run for office in an Arkansas general election looking at the immense number of unopposed candidates on the ballot. There are only four positions besides President (Senate, Congress, County Judge, and District Court Judge) that have multiple nominations-- and by multiple I mean TWO people competing against each other for office. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Maybe I should run for an office in the future :).

Yesterday morning I volunteered for CANTER by travelling to a horse racing track and finding horses people were trying to get rid of. Since it was such a busy racing day (state breeder's cup), we only found two horses on the track to get photos and descriptions of.

I then drove down to Woodbridge, VA to attend a rally in support of John McCain. I found out about this through work and thought it would be fun to see a presidential candidate speak in person. Despite the long periods of waiting around, it was a super fun event. There were media people going down the line looking for people to interview. I was asked to do an interview with an Australian radio show because I was a college student, and since I support McCain more than Obama (yet I will probably end up voting for neither of the two), I decided it would be fun to do it. I also got to meet with the Virginia Governor (now running for Congress) for a few minutes while waiting to get through the security.

I ended up getting a very good spot in front right by the rail to the pathway McCain exited on. There was a ton of energy from the crowd supporting the Republican candidates for office. McCain was running pretty late, so he added at least half an hour to the waiting period. His speech was nothing people hadn't heard before (though he talked about more recent events), but everyone in the crowd still loved it.

I have pictures from the rally I'll try to get up later!