Voting counts. It certainly is VERY important if you live in the Commonwealth of Virginia or New Jersey. Almost all our state and local office positions are up for grabs. Washington state is having a special election that can change who is in control of the legislative body.
And, later still there’s the Alabama Senate election. Between someone who believes only Christians count in America and a more sensible choice. California (34), Georgia (6), Kansas (4), South Carolina (5), Utah (3), and Montana (at large) are voting for new Congressional representation.
Every vote for every office counts. Your state legislature will decide your state taxes, your roads, your highways, your schools. Some of them will try to bar folks from voting in the future. Others will disallow abortion (let’s not BS one another and say they are making things safer). If you don’t vote, then you are saying you don’t care.
But, these same legislators are the ones who will decide if- and how- every district will be gerrymandered to insure that incumbents will never lose an election.
The issue comes down to this- if you don’t vote, then you have no say in how things will be for the next two- or more years. So, in at least three states, big things are up for grabs. In others, it’s local issues. Ergo, vote today. It is your duty as a citizen. And, we (the United States) need all the help we can get.
If there are big lines, suck it up. Wait the hour. Bring your iPad or Kindle to while the time away. Because your vote is critical.
Just Vote.
There’s no excuse not to vote. I’ll be doing it after work.
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Glad to hear that, Alana. Every vote counts.
I’m an election inspector. I was at the polls all day (5:30 a.m. to nearly ten at night). I did vote. It was a challenging election for me. Nearly all of the candidates I voted for lost. The only winning candidates that I voted for ran unopposed. It’s hard to lose when your opponent is yourself. 🙂
Wow, Alice- your polls are open for far more hours than ours. (Yes, I understand you have to be there to get things ready and to help close the count. But, I can still tell your hours are pretty complete.
And, I know what it’s like to vote for folks that don’t win. I remember the first time I voted for folks that won. (I was in Ann Arbor for that first year- and then I moved to Virginia, where my choices were usually the bottom of the totem pole.)
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