But as much as I dislike the polarization we've seen during this election, I can't be cynical about voting. I think about people around the world who have no voice in their government; I think about the photos of eager first-time voters lining up across the hills in South Africa in 1994; I think about women in the United States who fought for years for the right to vote.
Source: http://qu301southafrica.com
Voting is a privilege, and I hope my American readers will go vote tomorrow. I sent off my absentee ballot last week. I admit that it gives me a thrill every single time I vote, even though my first election was -- ahem -- a long time ago.
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Done, and proud to say I did. Thanks for the photo Ruth.
I agree. In the weariness the campaign season brings on, I feel flashes of cynicism. But the actual voting is always a thrill.
Yay for voting! Absentee voting was not quite the same experience, but still thrilling.
Well said. And important.
I remember being nearly in tears listening to the first votes following the break-up of apartheid in South Africa - adults who were voting for the first time, and what it meant for them. Wow. Just wow. We should all appreciate it.
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