Slog - Comments on Letter from Switzerland http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_switzerland Hi Eli, I voted right here on my kitchen table in Basel, Switzerland. I don’t know what was more exciting: marking Obama for president or No on Prop 8. My fingers are still shaking even as I type this. All my flatmates wanted to touch the ballot, as if touching it would make it even more real. They passed it around with the fragility of a rose petal, held it up to the light, smelled it. We were all derailed by the sanctity of the moment. When I finally mailed it in the big yellow “Die Post” box at the... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:25:11 -0800 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:16:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gordon It is a real shame how flippant we are regarding our election process here in America.

Reading these stories shows just how lucky we are to live in this country regardless of its problems and missteps.

]]> Gordon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_switzerland#c1192831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/letter_from_switzerland#c1192831 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:11:06 -0800 Comment by sepiolida Ok, that one got me a little choked up.

Thanks for posting these, Eli.

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