Centerfield

The Polls in Suburban Ohio

It's a kind of crappy wet day today here in central Ohio. My wife and I rode to the polls together, and we took the back roads through our neighborhood for the five-or-so blocks to the school where we vote.

There wasn't a single yard sign for a presidential candidate at any point along our neighborhood route. There were a couple of school issue signs, but no presidential ones. The first campaign sign we saw was right at the school entrance, as we were turning in, which surprised us a bit. My wife had a conversation with one of the election officials about whether you can put campaign signs at the entrance to the polls.

We went at about 7:30, which is normally prime time for voting, but there was literally no line. Our son had left the house to go vote a few minutes before we did, and we encountered him leaving and having already voted on our way in. I walked up, showed my ID, signed my name, and then went directly to the booth.

We live in a heavily Republican community in the suburbs outside Columbus, and it looks like the folks in our neighborhood aren't much into this election.

I didn't actually make up my mind who I was voting for until I was taking a shower this morning. I talked about it quite a bit with my wife and son last night, but hadn't quite decided. I'll try to post a little later today on how I personally resolved that question.