Vote People
admin February 5th, 2008
I am feeling great this morning because I got up and instead of heading right to work, I went over to a nearby school and voted. To me this is a huge deal. This is me taking part in my government. This is me being counted. This is me thanking all of those thousands of people who died so that I could do this. Most of all, this is fun.
So I just can’t understand when people don’t even bother. Maybe I can see if in the presidential election you don’t feel like you count because, say, you are a Democrat and the rest of the state is overwhelmingly Republican. I don’t think that really gives you an excuse, but I can somewhat empathize. Thank you, electoral college. But in other elections, elections for Mayor and Governor, and Representatives, and new legislation, and the Presidential Primary how could you not even care? These things affect you, people!
My rant stems from a conversation I just had with a colleague who told me that she wasn’t even sure if she was registered. Not registered? Not sure? What? I don’t care who you vote for. I don’t care if you vote for someone I hate who I think will utterly ruin the country. In fact, many people did just that at the last presidential election. All those very misguided people I hold with so much higher respect than the people who could not get off their duffs, wait a few minutes and punch a screen. Just vote, people.
And if you don’t, you should be ashamed.
I agree. Voter apathy is a huge problem here in Canada. I don’t know the statistics but just from talking to people, it seems to be worse here than in the states. (I’m an American living in Canada.) It’s very frustrating to hear how little people seem to care. It seems so many are resigned to a “whatever happens happens” mentality.
I must admit a bit of apathy this election though as there is no candidate who even remotely excites anything but annoyance (to put it mildly) in me. Voting is not as much fun when you have to do it absentee. I really like the action of going to the polls.
(Sorry for all of these comments without any kind of introduction. I followed you here from PW’s blog.) :^D