You know, i hate politics. i try not to talk about politics. (No, I'm not unaware. No, I don't have my head in the sand. I just don't generally enjoy feeling sick to my stomach and that's what polictics - recently, like the last four years or so - has done to me. Make of that what you will.)
That being said....
When Kevin and I moved down to Chesapeake, naturally we're no longer in our old voting district. And you have to register your change of address anyway. So, of course, we did.
Kevin - who has grown up, matured, become more rational and changed his political preference since we started going out - is a registered Republican. (Or maybe he's an independant. He doesn't remember for sure.)
I. Am. Not. I'm a Dem. I've always been a Dem and I will always be a Dem until the United States of America comes out with a party who more actually believes that people have the right to do, think, and say what they want, marry who they want, fuck who they want. (And personally, I'm not against multiple marriages, either. If three people or eight people all want to be married and they can make it work out - GREAT for them!) Given that someone as completely liberal as I am is not likely to live through attempting to run for a political office - I'll go with the Dems for the time being.
We mailed out our change of address forms On The Same Day. About 15-20 days after we moved into our new apartment.
Kevin got his voter registration card back... about six days later.
I got mine...
Yesterday.
Yes. Ter. Day.
The election is in 3 more business days.
Kinda makes you go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Posted by tisfan at October 30, 2004 10:06 AMI registered as a Green (since they didn't have anything for the U.S.S.P.) and got siphoned into a different congressional district.
Go figure.
Posted by: J.D. on October 30, 2004 04:03 PMAh yes, the illegal 3rd Congressional District. Me too. The Virginia constitution mandates "compact" districts but that doesn't stop the fellows in Richmond from creating districts which stretch halfway across the state in one direction but are literally only a few yards wide in the other.
In fairness, both parties did that (or tried to) with the 3rd -- the Democrats in the 90s and the Republicans this decade. Still illegal and immoral when what we need is something fattening instead. The 3rd is anorexically skinny.
Basically they've gerrymandered as many liberals (okay let's be honest here, as many BLACKS) as possible into the district to turn the formerly competetive 1st and 4th districts into Republican safe seats.
Could be worse though. We could be in Texas. On the other hand what the Texans just did to the US House seats there is no worse than what the Virginia legislature did to state legislative districts here.
(rant rant scream snarl collapse from stroke bitch bitch moan)
Okay, I'm done.
Posted by: Greg on October 30, 2004 04:32 PM