Fun at the polling station with L'arche Saint John!
(Written on October 21, 2015, as pictured on Back To The Future 2, minus the flying cars and Hover Boards)
On Monday, Election Day, I voted for Liberal. In fact, unlike last time I voted at the Carlton Community Centre gym, where Stephane and I were playing Special Olympics Basketball some years ago. The last time an election had happened our voting place was the Assumption Centre down the road from our house.
That night I was watching coverage of the Election Day and Liberal was schooling Conservative and NDP by a long shot. In the morning the radio said Liberal won by a lot and that lots of people were tired of 10 years of Stephen Harper and voted Liberal.
I was personally tired of Harper myself and thought it was time for a change. Up to that time TV and radio were playing attack ads against Justin Trudeau, which said things like “Justin Trudeau. He’s in way over his head,” and “Justin Trudeau. He’s just not ready.” There was also an attack ad starring Justin Trudeau against Stephen Harper. Words popped up on stop signs and street and store posts that read “STOP HARPER.” The attack ads, though they were rude against a certain candidate, were funny at times.
A week ago from Monday, I saw Mom and Dad go to a nearby daycare for advance polls, which was down the road from the Irishtown Rec Centre at which our Retriever Simon got his training done and I saw it. I saw Mom and Dad show their ID, get their pamphlet and ballot, and each go behind the voting desk and come out after placing their vote.
A week later came my turn!