John and I went to vote yesterday!
This is the shirt John wore to go vote!
We had to wait in line for an hour for early voting! We have already had almost 7,000 people in our county vote early! That's AWESOME! So we finally get our ballots (we both chose paper ones) and were seated next to each other to cast our votes. We voted for President, Senator, Mayor and some city council members. Then it was time to vote on all the Amendments. As I'm carefully reading the document and trying to concentrate I hear "WHA-Ha-Ha-HAAA" coming from MY husband. What could be so funny about VOTING? Did someone have a funny name? Did they have a misprint? Then he pointed me to the "wording" of the Amendment...
Amendment 1
Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1
Popular Name AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING VOTING, QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICERS, AND THE TIME OF HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS.
Ballot Title AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING VOTING AND ELECTIONS; PROVIDING THAT ALL PERSONS MAY VOTE WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE, AND LAWFULLY REGISTERED TO VOTE; TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE RIGHT TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE MADE TO DEPEND ON ANY PREVIOUS REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR’S NAME; REPEALING ARTICLE 3, SECTION 5 OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION PROVIDING THAT NO IDIOT OR INSANE PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE PRIVILEGES OF AN ELECTOR; AND PERMITTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ESTABLISH THE DATE AND TIME OF ELECTIONS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
John said "I'm not a Registered Idiot so I'm not sure if I can vote on this or not"! Leave it to John to find something to laugh about!
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