I should be feeling elated right now, because as many have already said, this was a historic election with a historic win. And really, deep down, I am thrilled that Obama won. It's such a hopeful thing.

And yet, the disappointment that California passed Prop 8 is overshadowing my ability to feel joy. In fact, I feel rather sick about the whole Prop 8 thing. I can't imagine the level of disappointment that some of my friends are going through right now as they come to realize that their marriages may no longer be valid.

*sigh*

Yep. I sent my mail-in ballot in yesterday. I found it to be a slightly annoying process, since it wasn't all that easy to access information on the "smaller" stuff. I kept have to flip back and forth through several books trying to make sure I have all the information on the propositions and the local officials before I vote on them. And some of them didn't even have all the information, or the U.S. Representatives, for example were not in any of the books at all. One office was listed for District 23 in the book, and District 25 on my ballot, which made the information useless. And even if all the information was there, often the propositions were so confusing and it wasn't clear that the pros outweighed the cons, which gave me a very uneasy feeling as I votes. I did as much research as I could, but in the end I went with my gut for those props that were shades of gray. *sigh*

In the end there were three votes that I was sure about:
1. Obama for President
2. Yes on Prop 1A (though I see the point made by those against on this one)
3. No on Prop 4
4. No on Prop 8

All the frustration reminds me of the time how my brother and I received last years ballots in Spanish instead of English. I'm not that good at Spanish. Geez.

I don't know. It just seems like this whole voting process seems overly complicated sometimes.