Since I'm an absentee voter, I've never been to a polling place in my adult life (I got to punch a hole in the ballot for Dukakis when I was 8, though). So this year, because I wanted to do more than just fill out my ballot alone and send it in the mail alone, I took my absentee ballot and dropped it off at a polling place so I could at least pretend I was voting with the rest of the country.

On the way there, I ran into this group of nice kids:

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Then I went inside SCCC, dropped off my ballot, smiled at the volunteers and said "thank you." I stood there for a second. They looked at me. I looked at them. They said "thank you." We kept looking. Then I walked away.

I didn't get a sticker. They didn't offer a sticker. I wanted a sticker, but I didn't ask for a sticker. Sigh. Why don't absentee ballots come with a sticker?