Early (absentee?) voting has started in Missouri so I stopped by the county clerk’s office this morning and voted in the November 5 election. It was surprisingly satisfying. It felt good in a way I don’t recall experiencing in previous elections.

My ballot was (almost) what we once called “a straight ticket.” I did vote for a couple of Republican candidates but a lot of offices didn’t have a Democrat candidate (this is Missouri). So lots of write-in votes.

I thought about standing in line this November (I did that for Obama) but elected to get this important task behind me.