I vouted* absentee, and always do, to my most recent residence in the US, midcoast Maine.
I voted for Obama but against a couple of bizarre statewide referendums such as whether a Nevada-based casino developer should be granted permission to not just operate the $100 million facility, but be granted a statewide monopoly of casino gambling on a vast plot of farmland in Oxford, Maine.
Even if people had extra cash to gamble, it's still dirty money.
I think not.
*Boing* NO on Question 2!
Also, a referendum about whether to attach a "luxury tax" on beer, wine, soda and other beverages, to the tune of a dime a gallon, to finance a unique (and much maligned) state-run health care plan called Dirigo. Many Mainers are furious that the state wants to tax their bubblies in order to "redistribute wealth" (they say indignantly).
I say cool, let 'em tax Diet Dr. Pepper's for health care for kids, at least it might spark a statewide dialogue about how to pay for health care.
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I am so nervous about the outcome of the election. It sucks nuggets being the whipping boy of Dubya out here in Helstinki all the time.
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That's how they pronounce "voted" in Finland........... Why?
