Vote. Vote. Vote
29-Oct-04
Hello. This is me. And this is my soapbox.
The Electoral College is out-moded and practically unnecessary, but it is what we have. So I must vote.
We don’t have the means at present to strip the gears of this system and allow a Popular Election, so the Electoral College is what we must employ. So I must vote.
Many states are moving toward a split-elector system, which will be more fair in the long run and will put a boot-shaped dent in the current concept of locked-in states, but these moves can only be put into effect via state-level amendments to state constitutions. So I must vote.
My state of Georgia, in particular, is considered a “gimme” for the Republican party, and this may turn out to be true — after all, our national news media reminds us hourly of the so-called solidity of each state for one side or the other, but understand that this idea is a purposeful meme that seeks to draw out and feed upon your apathy. So I must vote.
If we go red, it will not be because of my vote and then I will sleep much better with the knowledge that Georgia went to the current administration by the skin of their yellow teeth than by a gloat-worthy landslide. So I must vote.
Do not tell me that my vote doesn’t matter, because my vote plus your vote plus her vote plus his vote plus their votes become a mighty force to be reckoned with. So I must vote.
As of today, just five days out, the race is a dead heat. So I must vote.
Don’t lose faith and don’t forsake hope, because there is a move afoot in our country that will out-last next Tuesday, regardless of the outcome. So I must vote.
On November 3rd, the sun will still rise and the Earth will still turn and perhaps we will be able to smile at a job well done and a change made good, but what matters is that we continue on without sighing, without crying, without giving one inch on the values and beliefs that compelled us to the polls just one day before. So I must vote.
Correction: So you must vote. So we must vote.

