Voting Makes Me Hot

My report from the Washington Heights polling station:

Despite the lines, people left the voting booths beaming. I was stunned to see so many folks looking absolutely joyful and ebullient in a dingy elementary school cafeteria. I'm not sure if it is the nature of this historic election, the charming effect of participating in the political process, or the intimate yank on a phallic lever inside a tiny cloth room (the exact machine I used today is pictured above) - but there was magic in the air! Let's hope the enchantment continues...