Today at 9:17am. I voted for the next President of the United States of America. Like millions of other citizens filled in the dash on my ballot and watched it get sucked, rather anticlimactically, into the ballot box. I wanted to hear bells or whistles or have streamers float down from the heavens. But no. Just a quick beep and it was done. My part in this year’s election was done.
This is certainly not the first time I have voted but it felt different this time. The last presidential election felt cheap. I felt like I hung my head in shame and spoke for the better of two piles of shit. This time I feel hope. For the first time in a long time, I feel that my voice may actually mean something. The decision I made today may actually influence the lives of people around me, my family and the rest of the World. It should go without saying that this is an amazingly historical election. The economy is in the shitter, we are in the middle of a useless crusade. We have every reason to be pissed at the government and we are screaming for change. Through this election, it feels like I could stand with my fist in the air and be heard. True, it’s just a mark on a piece of paper in a non- battleground state in fake America but FUCK, IT WAS THE HARSHEST MARK EVER!
As yet I do not know who will be the next president of the USA but I know I spoke that is what counts. Speak. Be heard. Have a voice for once your life. Don’t let anything stand in your way. Get out of class, get off your ass! In most places, your boss is even legally obligated to let you off work to go vote, so go do it! Now!
