Rode to vote
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Rode to vote
So I had to exchange a pair of cycling gloves and vote this afternoon, so I made a ride out of it. It was wonderful to get things done AND get my exercise in at the same time! I really hope when I get married I move closer to work so I can do this on a daily basis.
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I went to the voting station on my way to work tonight...my wife told me that they would think I am a Democrat pulling up on my bicycle!
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I almost always ride my bike to vote. However, around here -- unlike in, say, Alabama -- my turning up on a bicycle is of no help in determining party affiliation. Poll workers and campaigners still wonder if I'm a moderate democrat, liberal democrat, or ultra-liberal democrat (...and I'm not telling).
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Originally Posted by sabaka
I went to the voting station on my way to work tonight...my wife told me that they would think I am a Democrat pulling up on my bicycle!
I forgot about the rollers on the way to the polling place today, though. Haven't rode them in 10 years. Like automatic interval training!!!
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I swung by the polls on the way back from my early morning training ride. So, I guess since I was standing there in the full roadie kit, there probably wasn't much doubt that I rode my bike there. However, I am a "decline to state" and I get to pick the party ballot I want to vote.
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I walk to my polling station a block and change away. However, since I got my folder last year, I ride almost everywhere that's not in my 'hood to get things done. It's gotten to the point where I start to fret after being on the subway even a short while. Take today, for example: I'm going to Brooklyn to see an old pal who's in town for a conference but I can't ride in the rain to meet an old pal, showing-up soaking wet. Boo!
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Ride your bike to give blood next time. Finally, after the 4th time in a row I've done this, they stopped fretting over whether I was going to pass out on the way home or something. I mean heck, it's only 5 miles, and only about 1/2 uphill...
The great part is that if you're there in bike kit and a helmet, you can eat a bunch of cookies guilt-free! and they don't mind the extra juice! (of course, they never have said anything, but the guilt normally comes from within).
The great part is that if you're there in bike kit and a helmet, you can eat a bunch of cookies guilt-free! and they don't mind the extra juice! (of course, they never have said anything, but the guilt normally comes from within).
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I had a great election day! I commute to work by bike, 13 miles one way, and since I work fulltime for the Alabama Air National Guard they give us paid time to vote. So I got to spend most of my day on the bike, get in 52 miles and get paid for it! Not to mention the old ladies faces when I showed up in spandex was priceless... Unfortunately I'm a blue dot in a very Red-Neck state...
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I also regularly ride my bike to vote, but don't get many looks anymore, as everyone is used to it since I also ride my bike to work year-round, and work and elections are the same thing since I'm the City Clerk. If the election workers give me weird looks I fire 'em! Our country may be a democracy, but my office is a benevolent dictatorship run by a cyclist-despot!