Go. Vote.

[pbray]

Please, if you are a registered voter in the US, make sure you vote in this election. Many of you have already done so, thanks to the magic of early voting, and for that you have my thanks.

For the rest of us, it's time to stand up and be counted. Every vote matters, take nothing for granted. I'll be voting on everything from the race for president to the vital question of how local libraries are funded.

Polls here open at 6AM tomorrow, so I'll be voting before heading into work.

Comments

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

I also plan to vote on my way to work.

Wish I could wear my button to work, but it's not allowed. Even on Election Day itself.

At least I won't have to watch the returns alone this year. I did the last two. Can you imagine how depressing....?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well I'll be alone, but I've laid in an ample supply of chocolate so I'll be good.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

I voted! I voted! ::jumps up and down:: (not today, of course. The week before last, by mail. Because of the being in Canada and everything.)

I was just in the Ancestral Homeland (Middlesex County, CT) this weekend -- for a funeral, unfortunately -- and my cousins are all very political people, so there was much discussion of the election. Very useful for distracting everybody from the whole funeral deal. Little by little, I think I'm starting to understand how American elections work ... but gosh, it's complicated.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Yay for voting!

Sorry to hear of your loss--at least the election was a distraction.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I just hope I'm not down there for another funeral for a good long time :P

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

"Complicated" is putting it mildly. I remember trying to explain it all to a woman from Japan, and she said, "What happens if the Electors don't vote the way their states did?" and I said, "Well, you just have to hope that doesn't happen."
She shook her head and said, "In Japan, it's one person, one vote, and whichever candidate gets the most votes, wins. I think that's better."

I didn't disagree with her. And that was waaaay before 2000.