A quick call to the Registrar of Voters yesterday confirmed that I belong to one of the two major political parties, which means little to me beyond my ability to vote in primary elections. It’s not a just system, blocking out those who choose not to affiliate for personal or religious reasons.

The photograph depicts the scene outside the Burns School around 7:30 this morning. There were about the same number of people inside as at the November election, though my polling place as changed, so this observation is neither here nor there.

The half dozen votermaniacs (pictured) were cheering even when no pedestrians or cars were in sight. Luckily, the building has a secondary entrance that sidesteps political cheering squads.

There was no drama to my knowledge (so far) down in Voting District 9, but elsewhere, a candidate’s mom allegedly got into it with her son’s challenger. Let’s hope this is an exaggeration and that people are behaving themselves. For a change, let all the ridiculousness happen elsewhere.