Spent all day at the polls, without being able to vote.

Kinda like the "water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink" expression...

They wouldn't let me leave my poll booth for the 10 minutes it would have taken to run over to the school where I was designated to vote, nor could I get a last-minute transfer. At least it "dealt with" my dilemna about whether to vote NDP (the party I'm most in lign with this time around) or Liberal (strategically, because in my riding there seemed a too-good chance of a Conservative win, and this seemed the only feasible way to counter that in a not-so-green 'hood).

Funny moment when a lady came over and I looked at the list and told her a lady had already been by to vote, claiming to be her. She was really freaked out. Yep, until we figured out there were actually two near-identical names very close together on the list, and had crossed out the wrong one when the other lady had come...

Other than that, lots of waiting for people; turnout seemed surprisingly low. Luckily, my DRO was Nikki, whom I know from way back, so we got to chat during the lulls. Even luckier, we were at least somewhat competent, meaning we got to leave at around 10:30pm - instead of having to count and re-count through the unbalanced ballots, like some of our more electorally-challenged colleagues...

Anyways, shluffy time :)

P.S. Chatting on MSN with different friends in Mexico City, where there was this huge march with like a million people, literally, all dressed in white earlier. Impressive images, though I don't quite get the politics of it - apparently corporate-sponsored or something...