Yes, Jen and I voted today.

We drove to our usual voting spot at city hall and there found several signs telling us not only who we should vote for, but also that we were attempting to do so in the wrong place.

We apparently needed to go to the local fire station instead.

Now we found this to be rather odd, but chalked it up to concern over some of the surliness we’d heard about at polls in other places around the country.

No such uncouth behavior up here.

But, then again, it’s kind of a foregone conclusion how Vermont will end up in a Presidential election…so what would they be protesting, really?

I’d say, if anything, we should all be demanding the replacement of the Electoral College system with a popular vote. Full stop.

There are concerns that this would end up benefiting one side, but I’d argue a popular election would re-enfranchise millions of people who would start voting in states where they currently feel like they have zero voice and it’s not worth the time.

The “Massachusetts is all Blue” and “Texas is all Red” nonsense would be over. Currently, people in those states who disagree politically with their neighbors end up with no say in the outcome of our elections. (With the exception of Maine and Nebraska.)

More people voting is an empirically good thing. Even if you happen to disagree with who they’re voting for.

I could go on and on here about how we’d have faster results, less red tape, fairer representation to economic centers/populous areas, etc. But that’s boring stuff and not really what I’m about here.

Regardless, I guess we’ll see this evening and into tomorrow how this all pans out.

See you then. I hope you voted too.

j.s.