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I awoke those morning realizing that it was election day. I also awoke feeling like crap. So I decided I would forego voting. I spent most of the day feeling anxious and guilty as I waffled back and forth - would I vote or wouldn't I. I had pretty much made up my mind that the cold I'm coming down with was sufficient reason not to go to the polls. There were also some phone calls from various sources - a robocall from John McCain and a real person who asked if I had voted yet - I told him no, he asked if I were going to - and I remembered all the lectures I had given my kids as I dragged them to polls with me when they were young - lectures about how voting wasn't just a right, it was a civic duty, how it couldn't be sloughed off because it was inconvenient or the candidates were stupid - I said yes, I would go vote that very minute. Then he asked if McCain could count on my vote. I said no. He sounded horrified when he said "may I ask you why not." I said no he couldn't ask me why not, I had to leave so I could get to the polling place before it closed, then I hung up on him.

So, I went and voted for Obama. As I walked out of the polling place, all my feelings of guilt and anxiety left.

No, this isn't really a blog. I want to hear your voting stories. Why you did or did not vote. Was your polling place crowded? Did anyone try to pressure you? How did you respond?

I was going to vote come Hell, high water or my newspaper's publication deadline today.

I got to the polling place at 9:03 a.m. I called my father and told him there was a line. It took me 53 minutes to go from the back of the line to handing my card back to an election judge who made a jokingly snarky comment about the Redskins hat I wore. I got my "I Voted" sticker from another judge who praised my taste in football teams.

I'm being kept awake by your damn exciting elections :mad:

I hope all those vote I brought will pay off

I awoke those morning realizing that it was election day. I also awoke feeling like crap. So I decided I would forego voting. I spent most of the day feeling anxious and guilty as I waffled back and forth - would I vote or wouldn't I. I had pretty much made up my mind that the cold I'm coming down with was sufficient reason not to go to the polls. There were also some phone calls from various sources - a robocall from John McCain and a real person who asked if I had voted yet - I told him no, he asked if I were going to - and I remembered all the lectures I had given my kids as I dragged them to polls with me when they were young - lectures about how voting wasn't just a right, it was a civic duty, how it couldn't be sloughed off because it was inconvenient or the candidates were stupid - I said yes, I would go vote that very minute. Then he asked if McCain could count on my vote. I said no. He sounded horrified when he said "may I ask you why not." I said no he couldn't ask me why not, I had to leave so I could get to the polling place before it closed, then I hung up on him.

So, I went and voted for Obama. As I walked out of the polling place, all my feelings of guilt and anxiety left.

No, this isn't really a blog. I want to hear your voting stories. Why you did or did not vote. Was your polling place crowded? Did anyone try to pressure you? How did you respond?

I woke up today, same as any other day and I went about my normal business. Though, when I turned out of my apartment complex, I found traffic to be heavier than usual on my way to my to the University of Alabama (where I work and go to grad school).

Then it hit me, Oh yeah! It's election day today! I thought to myself with a hearty chuckle. Then I asked myself, almost sarcastically, Since it's election day, should I do my "Patriotic Duty" and vote? After groaning at how traffic was moving slower than a fat kid on a mini-bike, I answered myself with a big old fashioned, Nahhhhh..

You see, I find voting to be very pointless... I find more and more that I actually hate America, (i.e. the government and a large part of its population, but not the ideas on which it was founded). So, instead of voting when I got to school/work today, I got on my laptop and started researching how to ditch this country and become an Israeli citizen. Sure, my parents always told me to vote and stuff, and I still do... But only in state and local elections. I consider myself not voting as a metaphorical way of washing my hands of responsibility for helping the fickle mob put one of those idiots in the White House... Listen to George Carlin on voting sometime, he sums up what I believe pretty well.

Aside from that, it's minor personal annoyances that make me not want to vote. I pride myself on my punctuality and the increased traffic makes me late for work and school... That causes problems with my schedule and it really irritates me.

My voting place is a 2 second drive away and is NEVER crowded. I get in and out in like 5 minutes.

My voting place is a 2 second drive away and is NEVER crowded. I get in and out in like 5 minutes.

We're from Canada. Nobody votes in Canada, thus no crowds.:tongue: