Vote…
Nov 4th 2008Bull MoosePolitics
…or don’t.
I don’t subscribe to the “everyone should vote” school of thought. Every non-felon citizen should be given the opportunity to vote, but you won’t catch me hassling someone to vote when they’ve put less thought into the vote for President of the United States than into their vote for American Idol.
If voting feels like a chore then you probably don’t care enough to have put enough thought into your vote to make it worthwhile to you or your local, state, and federal government. Don’t vote based on political ads and the desire for a free Starbucks coffee.
Don’t worry that you feel like you are wasting your rights. The right to vote will be there if you grow up enough to put some thought into your vote. It’s an important right, but so is the right to a jury trial in a criminal case, and you wouldn’t go out of your way to use that just to say you did.
If you think you have a good reason to vote for McCain or Obama, Rossi or Gregoire, or your county commissioner, and are proud to go wait in line to vote, go do it. If you are a little fuzzy on your reasons and want to vote because you want the “I voted” sticker to impress Doris from accounting, don’t waste your time or ours.
2 Comments »
CB on 04 Nov 2008 at 8:42 am #
The state amendments and local elections are real problems. Far more people are unfamiliar and it takes far more time to read through them if you haven’t checked them out ahead of time.
Athena P on 04 Nov 2008 at 1:10 pm #
I got my sticker AND I impressed Doris. I also got to update my status on Facebook. I consider that a huge victory.
Yay Democracy!!