Okay, I'm sitting on the couch one night and the phone rings, and I see on the caller I.D. that it's a market research gig, probably about the election. I think to make Farley the Wonderdog bark into the phone, but for some reason - and thank God - I didn't. Because after we chit chatted about where I'm at with my vote - the lady tells me, "We're expecting record breaking turnout on voting this year and we're encouraging all voters to go vote early."
And since I'm so YOUNG and all, and haven't voted that much - I said, "Say what?"
I had no idea you could vote early. Did you? So Ricardo and I had a hot lunch date the other day and went to go vote. The line was OUT THE DOOR 18 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION!!!
You can vote at your county commission office Monday through Friday. I highly recommend it. I imagine that as Election Day gets closer, the line out the door will get longer. AND you can even go online, request a fax form, print it out, sign it and they'll MAIL YOU A BALLOT and then you can mail it back in.
Who made it so easy? I suppose since we've all been suffering through the campaigns for so long, it's only fair that we get a little gift of convenience. You have no excuse now. You NEED to vote. And you NEED to either vote early, OR, show up to vote on Election Day - pack a breakfast and a lunch and prepare to stand in line. Maybe even take a half day. Don't go expecting a freebie day off from work. And you fellow SAHM's - go early - taking your kids on Election Day should be illegal. Be considerate of fellow voters - and don't put them through that, nor the kids.
When I hung up the phone, it hit me hard, this effn election is almost over. The campaigns, the bickering, the lies, the media,the stupid ads, all of it, it's almost over. Well, I guess we'll still get the lies... For THREE YEARS, y'all, we've had this stuff shoved down our throats.
In the time this campaign has been going on - I could have birthed a child and she'd now be old enough to go to pre-school and be potty-trained for crying out loud.
I had half a mind to tell the poor girl on the phone, "What! Election? Well who's running anyways?" Or, "No, I'm not ready to vote yet - I just don't know enough about either of them." I mean, hell, even if you live under a rock, there's probably a campaign sign close by for you to sleep on. It's too much. And it's almost over. I'm so excited.
You've earned your right to vote this election from suffering through the pain of three years of it. So do it. Go vote. And go early.
That's how I roll.
