Because Maryland does not have early voting.

I wasn’t there when polls opened, because it’s my mom’s Yarzheit,^* so I was at Shul to say Kaddish.^†

In all liklihood, mom would have appreciated the voting more than the Kaddish.

I will vote straight Democrat, not crooked Republican, and I will vot yes on Question 1, allowing for early voting,^‡ but no on Question 2, slot parlors.

I don’t think that it will raise much money, and that it is a give away to the race tracks.

Additionally, I think that it is very bad policy to rely too heavily on “sin taxes” and related revenues for too much of the budget. It makes people think that taxes are punishment, when they are dues to live in our society.

The line is pretty long, and someone said that when the polls opened, the line snaked through the parking lot.

In any case, thank God that this election will be over in a few hours.

^*Anniversary of her death in the Jewish Lunar Calendar.
^†A prayer said by mourners and people observing Yarzheit. Interestingly enough, it’s in the now almost dead language of Aramaic, as opposed to most of the prayer book, which is in Hebrew. The languages are very similar though, with most of the differences being in the pronunciation of vowels. You need to have at least 10 people praying together to say
^‡So I won’t have to go through this crap to vote again.