clash of the civic duties

[abka]

I found out that I am indeed registered to vote (because duh I voted 4 years ago and why would I need to re-register? I think I thought that I needed to register for this election, but voting doesn't really work that way right? You just need to be registered in general and as long as you don't move I believe you're set.) For some reason I forgot that I had voted previously, perhaps I just can't believe we've lived here (and in the same apartment!) for four whole years. The website says I'm registered so I'm going with that.

So I should be able to vote in the primaries, but tomorrow I also have my final recall day for jury duty. What to do what to do? (Okay the answer is probably get up at ass o'clock in the morning to vote and be on time for jury duty.)

I'm kind of excited now.

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In other news ballet class yesterday was awesome. Note that it was my first ballet class in 13 years. My bellydance teacher recommended it as a way to work on my upper body posture.

I came in frazzled because I was running late, could not find parking due to an anti-Scientology protest (who wakes up and says "my cause is hating the scientologists"?), and hadn't sewn the elastics onto my newly purchased ballet slippers. Fortunately insptr_penguin and her pink thread came to the rescue! Class went pretty well. I was able to follow along on all but a couple of the across the floor exercises. It felt pretty quick, somewhat familiar, and quite good.

I felt considerably less self conscious after we started and of course because insptr_penguin was there for moral support. (PS she can touch the toes of one foot and put the other leg straight up in the air, like a split while standing up, it looks really cool. My leg is closer to a 90 degree angle rather than 180.) I am only mildly sore this morning (sore enough to want to stretch but not to take any pain reliever, perhaps I will go to yoga tonight?) I think I'll probably go to a drop-in ballet class on a semi-regular basis.

Comments

[bayleaf.livejournal.com]

I'm excited, too. I haven't received a voter card in the mail or anything, so I went to the gov't of DC website to print out proof that I'm registered, just in case. And I found out where my polling place is and checked it out on mapquest and basically I'm v. excited to vote in the primary. Not like there's a big question about who will win in the District, but still...

[mylene2k.livejournal.com]

It's also super easy to change where you're registered to vote when moving (as long as you stay in the same state). When you fill out your change of address form, the post-office will ask if you also want to change the address on your driver's license (ie tell the state you've moved), and when you do that, you just have to check a box to move your registration to your new address. I moved two weeks before super-Tuesday, and my new polling place had my name listed and a ballot all prepared for me when I got there on February 5! I was very impressed.

Anyway, that's how it works in CA... not sure about elsewhere, but seeing as it all started with usps, I'm guessing its similar...