Farewell midterm elections. You were exciting, you got us all out to vote and you boosted our blood pressure, which truthfully, none of us can actually afford. But now you\u2019re gone, and doesn\u2019t matter who won or what side lost, we are all just so glad we can go back to our normal lives and be rid of you.<\/p>\n
But post-midterms, there are still a couple of issues I\u2019m wrestling with like: <\/p>\n
\u2022 Can\u2019t we make the ballot experience easier? I mean, I graduated from college for one simple reason: So I would never, EVER have to take stressful, pressure-cooker exams again. I hate cramming until midnight in preparation for tests. And what was I doing the night before the election? CRAMMING!!! And I wasn\u2019t the only one. <\/p>\n
Figuring out the ballot was truly the one thing that brought us all together as Floridians. Didn\u2019t matter which party or candidate you supported. Everyone gathered together begging for tips or hints. \u201cHow do I vote on Amendment 92 allowing everyone to call the International Space Station collect?\u201d \u201cWho is judge so-and-so and do you think he would let me off if I get a speeding ticket?\u201d \u201cWhy are there so many extra candidates running for governor, and how do I get a gig like that?\u201d
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At my voting precinct there were actually scalpers: \u201cHey buddy, wanna\u2019 buy an Amendment cheat sheet?\u201d I felt like a criminal when I pulled out my cheat sheet \u2014 a little sticky note attached to my phone. My palms were sweaty and I said maybe too loud, \u201cNo cheat sheets over here. Yep, just taking my exam from memory.\u201d The guy I handed my test to didn\u2019t know when I would get my grade back, but he said to look in the mail sometime around December. Whew! I sure hope I passed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I know the election is over, but can someone please explain to me why we Floridians had a constitutional amendment that bans offshore drilling for e-cigarettes? Many will correct me, and call me dumber than dryer lent\u2019s cousin, pocket lent. \u201cNo! It bans offshore drilling AND vaping indoors!\u201d But I was in that ballot booth and I read that amendment about 19 times. I\u2019m no constitutional lawyer, but what I think got banned was oil rigs drilling in search of a pocket of e-cigarette reserves under the seabed. Don\u2019t believe me, look it up! I\u2019m pretty sure.<\/p>\n
\u2022 And while we\u2019re talking about crazy constitutional amendments, why couldn\u2019t we add a few more with bigger benefits to our state? For instance, a 30-year moratorium on future hurricane strikes. Would it work? Probably not. But neither does dancing half-naked in my front yard doing anti-hurricane chants every time a storm threatens us, and I still do that. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Is Democracy great or what?!? Actually, that\u2019s more rhetorical. It\u2019s exhilarating every time I vote. Knowing that millions of Americans can all get fighting angry at each other, threaten terrible things, go vote and then all go to Target to buy cleaning supplies and assorted snacks together. Truly, it is an amazing country. <\/p>\n
Now, if only we can figure out how to tap those e-cigarette reserves without threatening Florida\u2019s shorelines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Farewell midterm elections. You were exciting, you got us all out to vote and you boosted our blood pressure, which truthfully, none of us can actually afford. But now you\u2019re gone, and doesn\u2019t matter who won or what side lost, we are all just so glad we can go back to our normal lives and be rid of you. But post-midterms, there are still a couple of issues I\u2019m wrestling with like: \u2022 Can\u2019t we make the ballot experience easier? I mean, I graduated from college for one simple reason: So I would never, EVER have to take stressful, pressure-cooker exams again. I hate cramming until midnight in preparation for tests. And what was I doing the night before the election? CRAMMING!!! And I wasn\u2019t the only one. Figuring out the ballot was truly the one thing that brought us all together as Floridians. Didn\u2019t matter which party or candidate you supported. Everyone gathered together begging for tips or hints. \u201cHow do I vote on Amendment 92 allowing everyone to call the International Space Station collect?\u201d \u201cWho is judge so-and-so and do you think he would let me off if I get a speeding ticket?\u201d \u201cWhy are there so many extra candidates running for governor, and how do I get a gig like that?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573,558,572],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2018-nutshells","category-florida","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutshellcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}