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Monday, November 3, 2008

Two Letters from Washington State

posted by on November 3 at 18:46 PM

Both with a similar theme:

I let my eight year old daughter fill in the Obama circle on my absentee ballot because I wanted her to be connected to this historic moment, and feel empowered by the value of participation.

Susie
Seattle

On Thursday I opened up my absentee ballot and filled in everything but the presidential race. Then I called over my 6-year old daughter and she laid her hand on top of mine as together we drew the line connecting the arrow to cast the vote for Barack Obama.

Kirsti Thomas
Tacoma, WA

Send me a letter about your voting experience here.

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1

Okay. You got me with that one.

Posted by pox | November 3, 2008 6:52 PM
2

Cue the Republican cries of voter fraud...

Posted by demo kid | November 3, 2008 6:55 PM
3

doesn't that invalidate your ballot?

Posted by jp | November 3, 2008 6:55 PM
4

Cue the Republican cries of voter fraud...

Posted by demo kid | November 3, 2008 6:56 PM
5

jp for the win. sadly.

But I called over my son and he watched as I filled it in, before we did an Obama fist bump followed by a high five ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 3, 2008 6:59 PM
6

Palin was just cleared up in Alaska for Troopergate. Will you be taking back your slanderous bullshit now?

Posted by Will | November 3, 2008 7:04 PM
7

I let my 11 year old fill in the Barack bubble..he loved doing that more than anything I've seen him do, evar.

Posted by Mike | November 3, 2008 7:08 PM
8

It didn't seem so cheesy at the time but my six year old daughter, who was adamant about HRC until the bitter end, filled in my vote for Obama at the breakfast table Sunday morning.

Posted by jnonymous | November 3, 2008 7:16 PM
9

kudos to these parents involving their young kids in one of the most important facets of our Republic

Posted by Gordon | November 3, 2008 7:16 PM
10

You are all so weird.

Posted by joykiller | November 3, 2008 7:25 PM
11

I'm totally the party pooper that says, "That's so sweet! But...it makes your ballot technically invalid" :(

Posted by Dikla | November 3, 2008 7:45 PM
12

@6:

No. Why? She was "cleared" in the same manner as the police get "cleared" of their brutality.

Posted by UnCommonSense | November 3, 2008 7:46 PM
13

My 14-year-old daughter watched as I filled in my ballot for Obama; I told her that it was the most important vote of my entire life. We grinned and then did our best impression of a "terrorist fist jab."

Posted by sarah | November 3, 2008 9:03 PM
14

There's no reason what so ever that this would invalidate the vote, 'technically' or otherwise.

Posted by iain | November 3, 2008 9:08 PM
15

Good Lord, I am gonna be a mess tomorrow... I'm already just weeping as I read through these letters...... good christ....

This is truly the most important election of our lives...

Posted by merry | November 3, 2008 11:37 PM
16

I helped my Alzheimer ravaged grandmother fill in the bubbles for McCain and Rossi... though she had no idea what she was doing, or who I was... or who she was. It was a very special moment!

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me | November 4, 2008 8:26 AM
17

Palin was "cleared" by an agency she appointed, by cronies who who work for her! This is like Bush being cleared by Gonzalez. It stinks to high heaven. Once the election is over, perhaps someone will appoint an independent prosecutor...

Posted by pixeltech | November 4, 2008 10:18 AM

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