I'll be voting, for sure. I know some people don't, and I'm not sure why. Maybe people think their vote doesn't matter. It does, though, otherwise there wouldn't be winners and losers. Even if your side loses, your voice was heard, and that matters!
Others don't vote because they feel it's too complicated, and they don't feel they can get a straight answer. I always do three things: 1) I read what a proposition says, 2) I see who's supporting it, and if I like them or not, that will influence me one way or the other, and 3) I see who is putting money in, either for or against. Again, I know my vote makes a difference.
Still some don't vote because they don't like that there are so many initiatives, or there's not candidate they like who's 'perfect,' and they want to 'send a message' that they are fed up with the whole process. Still, someone else will vote, and, in a way, the person who doesn't vote gives their vote to someone who does. A stranger. Maybe someone they totally disagree with.
When it comes to voting, I don't let the 'perfect' be the enemy of the 'good.' If something seems better, that's what I want to work toward.
What happens tomorrow will matter greatly to your education. Help your families get informed and vote your heart.
P.S. Did you know women were not allowed to vote until 1919? And, no, I was not alive! But my friend Venita was 12!
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