Election day hassle

 A veteran voter -voting in every presidential election

    since 1972 - often voting as a registered Democrat in primaries -

    I was told by  a poll troll that I was  an " inactive " voter.

    I learned - rather late in life, I guess - that there is no

    such thing as a CITIZEN VOTER . One is registered to vote,

    even for STATE and  NATIONAL candidates,  only at point A

    in Rhode Island - and not point B even if point B is within

    walking distance of point A .

              I had lived in Warwick for a couple of years but

    never registered to vote there - not caring to vote for

    golden boy , " Linc " anyway .

           My old neighbor in Providence, Senator Bob Kells, told

    me to explain  my problem at Providence City Hall.  " Could

    I cut my losses and just vote for President and Vice President

    at the Civic Center ? "  I asked .  Some female hack from hell

    in Cianci 's City Hall showed only bureaucratic contempt for

    a guy just trying to do his civic duty - but had the nerve

    to move from point A in tiny Rhode Island to point B in tiny

    Rhode Island just weeks before  election day .

              The hassle  reaffirmed my anti- establishment mood.

    There was some possibility right to end that I would vote

    for Al Gore .

              At East Providence City Hall , I had PROOF of my

    new address -2432 Pawtucket Ave. , East Providence.

          But No I could only vote for President and Vice -President

    after signing a statement that no  court judge had found me

    mentally incompetent !

             With a vengeance, I voted for Ralph Nader !