Posted by
Rix on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:48:28 AM
I am lucky to live in an area that allows early voting for no good reason. I was able to walk into our local library, hand them my driver's license and they handed me a voter card. There was no line, and I think I was the only one there under the age of 60, but I'm use to that. I stuck the card in the computerized voting machine and made my selections. There were actually 2 county issues on the ballot that were very important. I'm not sure many people realize that there could be legitimate local business on the ballot today in addition to the primary choices.
I kind of miss the old school voting booths with the curtains and the levers. I never got to cast a ballot in one of those, but as a child I stood by my mother's side while she did. Even then I couldn't wait to be old enough to vote. I can not imagine not going to vote every chance I get. It has always been stresses to me that women have not had the right to vote for very long, so don't take it for granted, and always exercise that right. When you don't use it, you run the risk of losing it.
If you haven't voted today, log off your computer and go vote. Be nice to your poll workers, they are volunteers. Be nice to the people in line with you. Vote your conscience, and you can't go wrong.
The best thing about voting today is if it goes your way, you can brag, and if it doesn't you still have the right to complain. If things go bad today and you didn't cast a vote to stop it, then you have no room to say one word in protest. Remember that tomorrow.