Election Night Comments open
November 5, 2024
Hi, all!
The Comments section is open to all for Election Night. Please be respectful. Everyone’s anxious. Stay positive!
Jill and I spent the day as poll greeters in Charlotte, handing out “Blue Voter Guides” from Mecklenburg County Democrats.
We are heading to the MeckDems watch party in Charlotte. I will be in touch again tonight, even if we don’t have answers.
Stay strong!
Below: North American Nebula, 1,500 light-years from Earth.
Today is a propitious day.
It’s the birthday of my first-born. She did very well in high school, graduated college with the inaugural class of a unique program, has lived in LA, New York, spent six months at sea traveling halfway around the world, wrote a book, and now she’s canvassing in Arizona.
Tonight is my father’s yahrzeit. For those who don’t know, this is the anniversary of his death, according to the Hebrew calendar. He left Germany at the age of 15, settled with his family in California, fought against Germans in WWII, earned his masters from UC Berkeley, raised a family of four, and died far too soon.
I’m a proud father. I’m a proud son. I love them both beyond reason and understanding.
I vote for them.
I vote for country where there is freedom and possibility for my daughter.
I vote for a country where discrimination against immigrants, religious minorities, women, LGBTQIA2S+ and of any kind is not tolerated, so what happened to my father can never happen again.
I vote for democracy so that it will endure.
I vote for empathy so that it will bind us in kindness and compassion.
I vote for hope so that the arc of history bends towards justice.
I worked the polls until two today in Wisconsin, we had long lines and very respectful voters. Many many folks registering for the first time.