{"id":19730,"date":"2024-03-05T22:54:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T03:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=19730"},"modified":"2024-03-05T22:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T03:55:19","slug":"lexs-first-time-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=19730","title":{"rendered":"Lex&#8217;s first time voting!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Local and primary elections were today and Lex coincidentally happened to be home between terms, so I took him to vote! Last night we reviewed the ballots, discussed the candidates, did some research on the additional budget questions, and made a plan to vote. He was pretty into it. Today after work (me) and DND (him), we went over to the high school. He was already registered, so it was quick and easy to get the ballots and fill them out. Weirdly, there was a huge line for the tabulator machines! We waited for a little over a half an hour, chatting about all sorts of things, then it was our turn. I asked the poll worker standing by the machine if I would be allowed to take a picture, she said sure, then congratulated Lex on his first time voting. &#x1f604; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"19729\" src=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4033889697160703447665-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"1077\" data-id=\"19728\" src=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_20240305_190041_4573350222992714151735-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m proud of this young man and I&#8217;m happy that I got to experience grownup milestone with him. &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f2;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local and primary elections were today and Lex coincidentally happened to be home between terms, so I took him to vote! 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