Small Town Political Process

I registered fairly early last year so that I could participate in the local caucus (as a Californian, I'd never participated in a caucus because they don't have them there). I wrote about this in my Feb. 22 blog entry. Then in the spring (June?) we had the primary votes for local issues. That was pretty much the same as I was used to.

Come the evening of November 3, I received a call from my in-town office of the Democratic committee. They asked if I was planning to vote the next day, and would I be voting Democratic for the whole ticket? They were happy to discuss the pros of the various candidates (Congress and state legislature). Around 10 am on November 4, there was a knock at the door. A very nice lady (of retirement age) from the local Democratic office asked if I had voted yet. I think she was prepared to drive me down to the polling place if I didn't have a way to get there! Now that's how you get out the vote in coastal Maine!