VOTE!!!

Tomorrow is a big day. Whether you follow politics closely or not, tomorrow will make history for a variety of reasons. One of which is that voter turnout is supposed to be higher than it has been in decades.

I encourage you to be a part of it. And bring your kids. My parents always brought us and as an adult I really appreciate that. I learned a lot by watching them about the responsibilities of being a good citizen.

It is not a hard task. It may be different from your routine or hard to fit into your schedule but it is really important. You have a chance to have a voice and either make big changes or show support for the people who believe in. I honestly do not care who you vote for as long as you vote.

If you think it is too much time out of your day, I just want to let you know what the election workers do for you to make it as easy as possible. Poll open at 7 am but the workers are there by 5:30. They take time to plan to find the best floor plan for the room to make it flow as best as it can. They go to 3 to 4 trainings before election day in an effort to be as informed about the ever changing election laws as possible. They work hard all day to be as accommodating as the law will allow until the polls close at 8 pm. Then they work for a couple more hours to make sure that there have been no mistakes during the day. They take the polls down, the poster down, count write in votes, put the absentee ballots through the machine, make sure that all the numbers in 3 different places are the same. If they are not the same, they have to find out why. There is no stopping until the numbers are found. And when they are done, then they turn in the results and go home. And for an election like this one, that will be after 11 pm.

So before you dismiss it as too much work or too much time, think about the people who work their best to make it as easy as possible for you. And you are lucky!! You have a choice in your government. You have a voice. Think about all the people in the world who live in a place where this does not happen.

One last thing. You are NEVER wasting your vote. The goal is not to vote for the winner (although we all hope for that) but to vote for the person that you believe in. If you vote this way, you will NEVER waste you vote.

Sorry for all the preaching. But I am passionate about this topic. Have fun with tomorrow and get out to vote.