Vote.

[Koronin]

We're in the process of changing voter registration to where we currently live. This year I had no reason to vote in the primaries, may not vote in Nov this year either since I have zero clue as to anything with the local politics here or who in the world anyone is. I will be voting next year. I'm also changing my party affiliation to unaffiliated.

[marni]

It is important to vote. If you can't find someone to believe in, vote to counter balance the idiot down the street.

[Kathi]

VOTE!!!!

How many realize that women didn't get the right to vote until 1920. I didn't look up the exact dates but it took nearly 100 years for the suffragette movement to succeed in getting women voting rights.

My great grandmother died in 1936. That means she got to vote in 4 presidential elections. My grandmother was 37 when she cast her 1st vote. The women in my family saw voting as an important civic duty. I remember how excited my mom and grandmother were the day I voted for the 1st time.

If you're not excited about the candidates or issues vote to honor the women who worked so hard to give us the privilege, many of whom never enjoyed that privilege themselves.

[Koronin]

Right at the moment my problem is I don't know who any candiates are, what anyone is running for or if there are even any issues to vote on in Nov. I know there are no state wide elections for anything this year in this state. The only thing would be local and heck if I have a clue what is going on locally. We may have a population of around 80,000 people but the only local media is a newspaper that isn't that great. The "local" TV stations are in other cities anywhere from 30 miles away to an hour away. They don't cover stuff here. I did get my voter registration change of address/county thing mailed in this week. Heck I don't even know if there is anything to vote for in Nov. As for our primaries. Heck good luck figuring when they heck they are being held in the first place. It seems for presidential election years they are held in late July the rest of the time they are in either August or September. Yes I'll vote next year in the primaries and the Nov elections. Hmmmm, I truly don't even know if we actually even have anything to vote on here. I know some towns/cities have some board elections locally, but no idea if where I live has anything at all to vote on.

[OakLeaf]

Doesn't your Secretary of State have a website? Is there a League of Women Voters?

[jelee1311]

Its amazing people will vote for American Idol by the millions but can't be bothered to vote in presidential elections even when they send you a ballot.

[Koronin]

jelee, that's next year, I'll be voting then. I'm talking about this year. There are no state elections, the only elections are local.
Yeah, there's a website for the secretary of state, but nothing about fall elections.
Never heard of the league of women voters. Shall investigate that.

[skhill]

Its amazing people will vote for American Idol by the millions but can't be bothered to vote in presidential elections even when they send you a ballot.

They sure don't send you a ballot here! It's possible to get an absentee ballot or vote early, but it's not easy. And my precinct now votes in a church outside the boundaries of the precinct, making things difficult for the many folks who don't have cars. No bike rack there either. No wonder our turnout is so low these days...