I voted today.

I voted today. Well, that’s not surprising. Everyone who is anyone and who is remotely concerned about what’s going on in the country is voting today. So, what’s the blog about? Why am I taking time to write this blog today? I’m writing this blog because for the first time in thirty-seven years, I voted independently! Yes, folks, for the first time in thirty-seven years, I was able to mark my ballot myself, listen to a machine read me the names of the candidates, and I voted independently and privately for the people I wanted!! I didn’t take anyone into the booth. I didn’t take anyone to read the ballot, I did it myself, all by myself! I’m excited and I’m proud of our country that has made this possible through computer technology.

I hope that all of you will vote today, and that you will all remember that voting is a privilege and an inalienable right. We have fought for this right. Men died at Bunker Hill and Gettysburg and Flanders Fields and Dunkirk to make this possible. Women were jailed and beaten and starved in order to make this possible. African-Americans walked and demonstrated and starved themselves and were beaten and arrested to make this possible. Folks with disabilities wrote letters, talked and talked to legislators, demonstrated and cried and fought on for you to be able to do this. So, folks, vote! I don’t care for whom you vote, just make sure you cast that ballot!

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