{"id":56678,"date":"2024-03-05T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56678"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:21:30","slug":"no-ones-business-but-my-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56678","title":{"rendered":"No one’s business … but my own!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I voted today in Princeton for the candidates of my choice, but I want to share briefly an exchange I had with a campaign worker standing outside the polling station.<\/p>\n

She and I are acquainted. This campaign worker is a local politician; no need to tell you the office she occupies.<\/p>\n

“Are you a Democrat or a Republican or are you an independent?” she asked. My answer was non-descript. “I have voted in both primaries,” I said. “Oh, I was just wondering,” she said.<\/p>\n

Hmm. We exchanged a couple of pleasantries and then I went inside to cast my ballot.<\/p>\n

Now, readers of this blog likely can determine which primary I cast that ballot. My campaign-worker friend had no reason to know, or any reason to ask which party to which I belong.<\/p>\n

In Texas, we don’t “join” political parties before casting ballots. Ours is an open-primary system. What troubles me is that my acquaintance sought to question me out loud, in public, in front of a polling place. I don’t know how she would have reacted had I declared myself to be of the wrong political party.<\/p>\n

Is that a form of electioneering? I kind of think so.<\/p>\n

The exchange made me uncomfortable this morning. I don’t believe casting one’s ballot — which we do in private — should be a cause for discomfort.<\/p>\n\n

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