(#6471) 14 days until the election results...keep on voting early!

      Over 14  million ballots are in nationwide from updated statistics that count early ballots from states who release them at this moment. So far this early vote period is on par with presidential election early voting. Which is a good thing. Because ballots turned in are ballots secured. No one should be shocked to be reminded that the trump administration would deny your vote if they could. So what is the safest way of making sure your vote is securely with your elections office? That would be to vote early with a tracking system in place to confirm. Or to personally hand your ballot to an election official. Drop boxes are very good at being a safe way to transmit your ballot and still for the most part the postal service is dependable.
     What isn't as secure is election day voting. For me it is a procrastinators day to either vote or not. The trumps are planning to send out poll watchers to hundreds of polling places to either disrupt voting lines or serve as a threat to voters. Why go through any potential chaos when voting early is available? There is no preciousness in waiting to vote on the last day when an assurance is ready for voting early. If you have any value for the democracy we all live within then making sure your voice is heard through your vote is the priority, not some allegiance to a particular day. I registered for mail in voting. My ballot was returned the next day and was confirmed 2 days later as being in the queue for counting by our secretary of state's notification.
     For all the reasons one might try to argue that voting is unimportant, just remember, you are beholden to how others think you should exist. Now for me that will never do! I may end up living a life I don't want but at least I will have let it be known I didn't want it. When you don't vote you have no valid excuse to complain. Letting others carry your load when you could have carried your own is less than honorable and that is how you should understand any decision not to vote. Each of us is an amazing entity within an amazing species. We all have a part in defining our future. Voting assures your vision with noble intent and that is part of what life is all about!