August 4, 2004--Voting

I voted yesterday.
It's kind of different here than in Indiana--they have a seperate state primary. That confused me for awhile. I wondered why they were having their primary so late, after the Presidential candidates had already been nominated. I must have missed the first one. This one was impossible to miss, though, because of all the ads.

There were two Constitutional Amendments on the ballot. One was to allow gambling on the White River. I voted against that, and, it was defeated. Another was to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and I voted for that. It passed by a huge majority. We are the first state to add that to our Constitution, and I feel good for helping make history.

In the Democratic primary, the incumbent, Bob Holden, lost to Clair McCaskil. This is the first time in ten years that a sitting governor has lost a primary election. I think anyone would be an improvement over him! Of course, I'll be voting for Matt Blunt in Novemeber, but I'm glad to see Holden will be gone.