Unlike so many of my friends, neighbors, coworkers and 35% of Georgia’s electorate, I didn’t want to vote early.  I kept my mouth shut, since it seemed like an unpopular position with so many folks out in force telling everyone to “vote early!” and whatnot.  I didn’t want to ruin their 2-10 hour line fun.  (Incidentally, that line on Ponce last night at 7p was ridiculous; though the AJC did later report that all votes were cast by 10:45p)

But there’s just something about early voting to me that’s a bit of a buzz kill.  I want to get in a line on Election Day, be thoroughly inconvenienced, go to work really late, tell everyone my war stories of long lines and then go home and anticipate 7p when GA will be one of the first states to report results (if all goes well).

I’m not arguing the importance of early voting, especially for those that can’t take the time off from work or other responsibilities so easily.  And if the lines on Election Day are even worse than those of early/advance voting (though I highly doubt it), perhaps I’ll feel a little guilty.

But for this one, really important election, I’d rather soak it all in on the big day.

The candy has been tallied and though there were some reports of tampering (you people should be ashamed of yourselves!) the results are now posted in a rather hilariously edited video over at candyvote.com.  (I especially like the look on Mindy’s face at the end when Moey announces how many days left ’til the election)

Great job guys!  Hope you had fun on CNN this morning!

On another Halloween-related note:  We got far fewer trick-or-treaters this year than last.  :-(   So, needless to say there’s a ton of candy left and no one to give it to.  I think my co-workers are about to put on a few pre-Thanksgiving pounds!