Normally I love to vote but I am so glad that Tuesday is Election Day. I am so sick and tired of all the stupid, negative ads that have been playing incessantly on tv. It's aggravating. If I hear one more commercial about how all hell will break loose if the grocery stores gain the right to sell wine I think I will scream.
Since I am not a target group for politicians (single, no children yet, renter) you would think that I would not be as politically involved as I am. What spurs me on is that I truly hold strong to the belief that my predecessors fought hard for me to be able to go and vote on Election Day. The fact that women were only granted the right to vote only with the passage of the 19th amendment of the Constitution in 1920 makes me obligated to cast my ballot and I do so proudly.
I have also decided this election season that any candidate who had supporters who left their campaign fliers under my car windshield at the train station automatically does not get my vote. There is nothing worse than getting off the train in the dark, getting in your car and realizing that there is a stupid flyer under your windshield wiper. It is beyond aggravating.
Election Day also makes me think of when I was a child how my grandmother used to work the polls. I would go with my parents and see my gram chatting with all her girlfriends and giving people their ballots. I couldn’t wait to be grown up enough to vote. So this Tuesday when I wield my Sharpie marker I will remember her and proudly do my civic duty.
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