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Election Day is Here, Get out and Vote!
I voted with my heart to support those things that are important to me, regardless of party affiliation. How about you?
Did you vote yet? My husband and I voted before noon today. We had to register at a new polling place because of our move earlier this summer. Fortunately, we researched what we’d need to do that and took the appropriate documents.
This included our Wisconsin driver’s licenses for our photo id and a bill showing our new address. It was easy. The poll workers were friendly as they instructed us on what to do.
Everyone who is legally able to vote today should do it! If you don’t you are allowing others to make decisions for your life and those decisions might not fit with your values. Of course, even if you do vote, you are unable to control the outcome and what it might mean for your life. But, you did your best by casting a vote. This is what we do in a democracy. Vote for the candidate that best represents your values and beliefs about society and how it should function. They might not win, but maybe they will.
Once elected, our officials have to work with others who are also newly elected or incumbents in their respective offices. We have a lot of problems to work out in America. Life here has been…
