Tomorrow Is The Election. I Did What I Could.

​​       Tomorrow, November 5, 2024, is the day of reconning for this country. Tomorrow at this time we may not yet know who will be the next President - or Dictator - of the United States,

...but we'll be closer to knowing.
      And we'll be closer to the possible chaos Donald Trump has threatened to rain down on our country if he loses or the chaos he's promised if he wins. Still, I, for one, would prefer to face the former outcome than the latter.
​       Like many thousands of my fellow Americans, I've done what I could to prevent Donald Trump and his clique of consiglieri from winning the election.
       I canvassed on Saturdays for Kamala Harris and the down ballot Ohio Democrats,

...and for Issue 1, backed by a group called Citizens Not Politicians, which calls for a bipartisan group of citizens to redesign the  unjustly gerrymandered congressional and state legislative map of Ohio.
      Here's my son Tommy, who spent many of his weekends for the past few months campaigning for Citizens Not Politicians.

             My mate and I filled our yard with signs to show that there was a bandwagon to be jumped on,

...and I picked up signs and delivered them neighbors who wanted them.

      My daughter and I even did a bit of undercover campaigning, leaving "literature" in  ladies' rooms around town.

      And I prayed. I realize that this may not be the most effective action to arrive at my desired outcome, considering that there are at least as many people praying for Donald Trump to win as for Kamala Harris; there are probably even  many more folks praying for a Trump victory, since Trump appears to have most of the Christian Evangelical vote sewn up. But I prayed anyway.
      I spent this evening at my precinct voting site helping my fellow poll workers set up for tomorrow. ​

      I'm going to be a machine judge. ​

       My job will be to escort the voters to the voting machines. Our day will start at 5:30am and end sometime after 8:30pm when all the machines and ballots are packed up for return to the Franklin County Board of Elections. I’m glad I’ll be busy all day tomorrow working. And praying.