be the change – vote
As I do every year, because it’s really, really important, I am posting this friendly reminder to all of you out there to get out and vote, because that’s what responsible people do.
Sure the big show is next year, but that doesn’t mean that these off-year elections aren’t important; in fact, they are very important, especially if you’re concerned about your local community – school board, mayor, county officials, etc – those are your closest person-to-person interfaces with your government, and even if these things don’t get a lot of attention, they have a direct affect on your life and your community.
Some of us, nonetheless, have some damned important races to weigh in on; here in Virginia, the entire state legislature (both houses) are up for election, and things are really, really close right now; if two seats in the House of Delgates and one(!) seat in the Senate switches to blue, and the majorities change; this is ridiculously important, given that this legislature is going to be the one leading re-drawing of the electoral maps from the coming census, and there’s a good chance that happens, because the blue team is fired up! (that’s my partisan pitch. I’m done now).
That’s in addition to all the local stuff! Also, Mississippi and Kentucky are choosing Governors, and it likewise appears that both those races are close as well.
Your vote WILL count; it always does.
So, yeah – that’s my pitch – go vote; just like Ms. Marvel tells you to.
