A Vote For Lauren ... Is A Vote For Lauren

The girls got to tag along last night when Mom and Dad went to vote. It turned out to be a lot of fun for them because our polling place has changed from a church to St. Thomas More School's gymnasium.

This meant more room to move around (notice I didn't say "run around") and see their old school.

Emily was put on "Veronica Duty" so she didn't get to be as curious as Lauren and Julia, who were very interested in seeing the voting process take place. Dad got to complete his ballot in one of those portable "suitcase" type booths they set up. What made that interesting to the girls was the sample ballot they had posted. It used flavors of ice cream, rather than candidates' names, to explain how to properly complete a ballot.

The highlight of the night (for Lauren at least) was when Dad wrote her name in (and filled in the oval by it) for a seat on the Omaha Public School board. The candidate, Mark Martinez, was running unopposed. This morning, we checked the results and discovered that 82 write-in votes were cast - one of them for Lauren.