My Polling Place is the Ranger Sub-Station - LIVING ROOM,
5375 Red Oak Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068.
I love that it says "Living Room".
I live up in Griffith Park, and just down the street from me is the Park Ranger's house. It is a simple adobe style home and it sits at the entry of the park.
The Ranger that lives in that house is Patrick Joyce, his wife Lisa and their two young sons. Every election they have to clear out for the day. Their furniture is pushed aside, tables and booths are set up. When I step in to vote, I am in a "home". With all the talk about "small town values", our values are based on who we are, not where we are.
The juxtaposition of voting in someone's living room is what this election is all about. The living room is symbolic of a gathering place, where we sit with family, where we celebrate, where we welcome our friends; the place where we sit together as a community. We are going to vote this Tuesday November 4th for the future, and what better place than to to vote than in a Home.
To find your Polling Place go to: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder
Image: Ophelia Chong / letterpress emphemera
The Ranger that lives in that house is Patrick Joyce, his wife Lisa and their two young sons. Every election they have to clear out for the day. Their furniture is pushed aside, tables and booths are set up. When I step in to vote, I am in a "home". With all the talk about "small town values", our values are based on who we are, not where we are.
The juxtaposition of voting in someone's living room is what this election is all about. The living room is symbolic of a gathering place, where we sit with family, where we celebrate, where we welcome our friends; the place where we sit together as a community. We are going to vote this Tuesday November 4th for the future, and what better place than to to vote than in a Home.
To find your Polling Place go to: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder
Image: Ophelia Chong / letterpress emphemera
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Yeah, that is a cool thing about voting on the day. It's actively personal. It's actively participating. But, I'm glad we can vote via absentee ballot as well.
That is a model that could be adopted nationwide. If we had more polling places in neighborhoods/homes it could alleviate the rush on the first Tuesday. My Aunt Minette did a polling station at her house for 20 years on west 4th Street. -DR
dear danny, i have been voting there since i became a citizen in 2000. it's so wonderful to be in a home voting.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.:O) and a big thank you to your Aunt Minette.
A couple of elections ago I visited a polling station in a cozy garage just north of Cal State Long Beach. I thought the owners of the house were going to ask me to help change the oil on their motorcyle.
This is the first year I have ever voted by mail. It is very convenient and you have a lot of time to sit and look each thing up, although you should do that anyway before you go to vote. The strange thing is there is something missing. I know I voted but I don't have that same good feeling as usual. Maybe its because I didn't go stand in a line and have someone mark my name off a list and get a little sticker. It's kind of like eating french fries with no salt.