the usual plea to perform your civic duty
Today, November 8, is election day in the United States. So go and vote.
Yes, it’s an off-year election, which, if your ballot looked like mine when I absenteed it a couple of days ago (business travel this week), means lots of local races for school board and county board of supervisors and stuff.
Just because these are small, local races, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t participate. In fact, these elections might be MORE important than the big one that’ll be coming up again next year. The people you’ll be voting for today are the kinds of people who will decide how your local schools are run, which intersections in your community get traffic lights, and the ways your tax dollars will get spent in your own back yard, perhaps literally, if you have a utility easement out back or are in an area where zoning may be a concern.
So yeah, these small, non-sexy races are exactly the ones you SHOULD be voting in, because it could have a very direct impact on your life and family.
So go vote. It’s literally the least you can do to be involved in your community.
