Voted

[magid]

I know it was the before-work bubble, but it was still heartening to have to wait in line for a booth to vote in before 7:30 (the polls opened at 7). When I put my ballot into the machine a minute or two after 7:30, I was 70th to vote in Ward 6, out of a little more than 3000 people (assuming last year's numbers are a reasonable approximation for this year).

Ballot notes
• There were no Cambridge city elections, so no ranked voting, which makes the ballot simpler. (To me it makes more sense to use ranked voting for multiple-seat bodies, such as school committees or city councils, than for single-person offices.)
  
• It seems that, despite the governorship being Republican for the last decade-plus, Massachusetts is a massively Democratic state: some of the races were between a Democrat and a Green-Rainbow candidate, nary a Republican in sight.
  
• The three ballot questions were on the back of the ballot; in addition to a reminder printed on the bottom of the ballot itself, there were signs in the booths, and poll workers reminding people periodically that they should vote both sides of the ballot.

Nail-biting time now.