"I've already voted," she says, and she hands the endorsement cards back to me
Early voting started Thursday, and it lasts another week
Rain poured down yesterday. This afternoon, I'm working a precinct I lived in twenty years ago, hoping to make good time
This is the next-to-last door on my list, the final townhouse in a little cul-de-sac
Her neighbor's door is open -- but that door's not on my list. I ring the bell for the address I have and wait. There's no answer
There's a sound behind me. I turn to find a woman staring at me with curiosity
Well, sometimes people visit their neighbors. So I ask, Are you Ms So-and-so?
No, she's not. She's not sure but thinks my target might not be home. I explain I'm passing out XYZ's endorsements for the primary and offer her my literature, which she takes and studies a brief moment: it's a one-size-fits-all county-wide card, and the various districts sometimes cut oddly across precincts. She glances at the handouts again and mentions her support for several people named on it.
I've already voted, she says, and she hands the endorsement cards back to me
I tell her I've already voted too. You can leave this for Ms So-and-so, she suggests. I say I think I will do that. In fact, copies are already under the mat
We have a short pleasant chat. She's somehow delighted to see me here and wants me to know it
I always vote, she says
I say that's probably the reason I'm not knocking her door: We already know you'll vote
She smiles. Thank you, honey
Quite a few are still alive, who remember a time when voting rights could be a dangerous struggle and who aren't about to abandon those rights for any reason
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I really enjoy these dialogues of yours.
SO very well written. I feel as though I am standing there with you...
I hope you will keep on posting these.
It was in my local paper from back in the days when Newt ran the House. The author's name is long lost to time, but the message isn't.
Thank you for your selfless work.
for your knocking!
I know it's too late now for any more recs, but maybe a few more will read this today.
