It Makes a Person Wonder 

   Our democracy is based on each person having one vote to use in determining who they will send off to govern us. In actuality that means that we have given that individual either 2, 4, or 6 years to lay the ground work for getting re-elected. And in today’s environment that means laying the groundwork for destroying the reputation of anyone who might run against them in an upcoming election. 
   The whole country might be crumbling down around our ears, but our elected officials seem to be only able to concentrate on making sure they are part of the winning majority come next election. They think nothing of creating hate between the haves and the have nots, or between immigrants who have been here several generations, and those immigrants who have only been here a short time, and those who would like to become immigrants. Why would anyone want to live in the United States is the big question? It just goes to show you how messed up other parts of the world are. But as a famous person once said, “Just because the other guy is an asshole, doesn’t mean you have to be one also.” 
   But back to the one vote issue. Having worked as a precinct-judge on election days for several years in Kentucky, I know that a lot of care goes into feeding the precinct-voting-workers the right information so they can hopefully keep it one person, one vote.  
   We moved out of Kentucky about seven years ago. For the past several weeks we have been getting politically motivated phone calls, you know, vote for me, to the tune of about a dozen a day. And these are all from Kentucky politicians. And we have been getting literature also. An example is one we got today, November 6th, from the Americans for Prosperity, urging us to vote on November 5th. This was addressed to us in Oregon. 
   Now this piece of literature does not represent a great deal of money, and the phone calls are automated; [I guess the politicians are trying to reach the same high standards as the telemarketers.] But the expense of all this does represent the donation from some little old person who worked hard for the money to send me that pamphlet. Or, again, the money might have come from some large distillery. 
   My question is this: if my name is on the rolls in Kentucky and in Oregon, would Kentucky let me vote if I showed up there yesterday?