Will You Vote?

A non-partisan political thread.

Talked to someone today who said she's not voting because all the candidates in the local race were equally reprehensible.

With all the political chatter around here, just wondering....do you plan to vote? If not, why?

 

I absolutely plan to vote.
I don't like a lot of the candidates, either, but as an football coach once told me before a draft, no two people are equal. If the choice isn't obvious, you have to dig a little deeper and find what makes one better than the other. I'm willing to do that and play my part in the process.

 

I like your coach.
I always vote. I drag my kids -- the eligible ones -- to vote.
In November of 1942, my father was on a transport in the north Atlantic and there was a submarine alert.
That's only one of the reasons why.

 

I would vote if I had either a) changed my voter registration to my current state of residency, or b) thought ahead enough to have gotten an absentee ballot for the state I am registered in.

I didn't do either, but I don't know that I would vote in my current state with the political ads that have been thrown out there. I would in my home state, as I am a big supporter of one of the candidates and have hate for the other.

 

I always vote. Besides being the right thing (as FB points out) it's fun. The worst thing that happens in the voting booth is youy give the finger to someone you can't stand. In 36 years of voting, I've never been handed a ballot without at least one contest giving me that opportunity.

 

I already did (absentee)

 

There is no such thing as a wasted vote.
Every vote is a committment to governing ourselves, whether we're good at it or not.
Elections turn me into a civics teacher, I know. Plus, the bake sales are always good.

 

I have yet to change my driver's license to my new state and so I can't, but otherwise I would.

 

Ballot was in more than a month ago, thanks to early voting.

Just walked up to the county auditor's office, picked one up, took my time and handed it back.

Beautiful thing.

 

Definitely voting. I'm in a state with a close Senate race, so you're darn tootin' I am.