Today was the first day for Maryland early voting, so Sharon^* and I went to vote.

I noticed three things:

• The oddest campaign sign of the season (see picture) wherein one Ray Bly campaigns as a mentally ill child abuser.
• There were no Hillary Clinton signs outside of the early voting sites.
• Maryland has gone from touch screen to optically scanned paper ballots.

I have to figure that the Clinton campaign has strip mined staff from Maryland for their “firewall” in New York State.

The change from touch screen to optoscan is a good thing in my opinion.

It’s faster, and it retains a paper trail for a possible recount.

^*Love of my life, light of the cosmos, she who must be obeyed, my wife.