opera is playing very loudly on los feliz blvd

I'm sure somebody else will cover the election results better than I can. I am only concerned with my favorite part of elections in this blog post, election day photography. There are a few categories of these, photos so there are a few number 1s from yesterday's election.



The Signs Picture: This is a classic signs picture for election day, all the signs are the generic campaign posters, no personal message, some clues to where the election is (you can tell because it is cold, and alaska is cold.), and early morning light. very election day. (Runner Up: Boxer)


The Cheesy Online Banner: From the usually classy LA Times, a very ">Tampa Tribune ish move.



The Concession Call Picture. This picture of Boxer is the real quintessential concession call, the low angle, the out of focus stars, the absurdly large phone...




The Ballot Picture: I took this today at my polling place on Finley Ave in Los Feliz. I like how cold the ballot itself is as compared with the hype and bluster of a political election.

today, I accidentally messed up my ballot when I first filled it out, then I figured out what I had done wrong and promptly voted for meg whitman on accident and had to request a new ballot and then hear a full explanation on Los Angeles County Vote Voiding Procedure. very intense. but I finally rose above my floridian roots and abstained to vote on prop 21.



The I Voted Sticker: I remember when I was a kid how I Voted stickers were this random thing that would randomly appear on my dad's jackets or my teacher's dresses in elementary school. I remember vaguely associating it with public radio and the musky smell of my dad's car seat.

Today I went to a bunch of public places like Haskell Elementary, the grocery store, the Long Beach Pier, a cafe in Long Beach, a rehearsal for a play opening this weekend, and only saw about 15 I voted stickers.

It was kind of disappointing.