Vote

It seems like everyone I know has had a blog post about voting lately. And despite my recent blog post where I said I was a follower, that's not why I'm posting this entry. I'm posting this because I think it's important that people exercise their right to vote.

Tomorrow is election day in probably the most important election there has ever been. Most certainly the most important in my lifetime so far.

I don't know many people who didn't already vote early but, for me, there's something about election day - I didn't want to vote early. I've been pretty firm in who I intended to vote for for a while now but I still wanted to wait. In the last presidential election I was not happy with the candidates on the ballot - at all. I had discussed it with a friend of mine and told her that I was torn on whether to vote for Daffy or Donald - Duck. And the sad thing was, I was serious. I was that disgusted with the candidates. But, as I stood there in the booth, debating on whether or not I really wanted to write in one of the Duck's names, I thought about what she said to me - "if you're going to go vote, make it count." So, standing there, I made a decision and voted for the one I thought was the better of the two candidates.

This time, I'm not ambivalent about my vote. I know who I'm going to vote for tomorrow and I don't have any reservations about it. The chances that my candidate will win my state are not great but that doesn't mean I shouldn't vote because every vote counts.

So, if you haven't already done so, be sure and vote tomorrow for the candidate you think will do the best job for you and this country - whoever that might be.

My name is Lucy and I approve this message.