“I’m walking into town to vote,” I told Erin this afternoon.
She was reading a novel on the blue sofa. She’d voted yesterday before a visit to the nearby Carrboro Farmers Market.
With U2 in my ears, I set out for the same little house behind Carrboro Town Hall, where the Orange County Board of Elections is holding early voting.
When I stepped inside, no line, and I took my ballot to the flimsy plastic booth and I started filling in the bubbles beside Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz (President and Vice President), Valerie P. Foushee (U.S. House of Representatives N.C. District 4), Josh Stein (Governor), and others. I entered my ballot into the collection machine, put an I Voted sticker on my shirt, and kept walking.
I’m proud to have voted. I’m grateful for the freedom and privilege and right to join in choosing our local, state, and federal leaders.
© Anton Zuiker