I got to the polls early on Tuesday morning. With a group of 20 other people I waited for 15 minutes in the entry of a local church before we were allowed in. One of the voters brought her two pre-school age boys. The boys got tired of waiting quickly. The mother had told them they would be voting. The older boy, not knowing what voting was, assumed she meant boating. He was very disappointed to be standing in a boring line at a church without a boat or body of water in sight. In an effort to cheer him up, another voter mentioned she should have brought dominoes. The poor little kid brightened up again and said hopefully, "Dominoes Pizza!" I found it painful to watch this little boy's mood rise and fall so quickly. He was not happy to hear the definition of dominoes. Although he won't be voting for about 15 years, he already knows the emotional roller coaster that is election day.
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