Because I Am A Petty Bitch With Naught But Tar In My Heart
I just have to take this two seconds to get up on my high and mighty, self-righteous horse and then I shall shut it and shut it good.
It is fantastic that everyone is going out and voting. I could not be happier about it.
However, many people who have not bothered to vote since perhaps the last presidential election (if that) are telling me how hard it has been to vote today. I do not mean waiting in long lines or encountering technical problems. I mean they do not know where their polling place is or whether they are registered or other such stories of this strenuous and bewildering thing called ‘voting’.
Can I just say, as someone who has made an effort to vote in every election, even the local ones, since I came of age: I sympathize with long lines or technical problems, but not with figuring out where to vote or whether you’re registered. Please do not make yourself out to be this heroic martyr because you just now figured out how to fulfill your civic duty.
When you register, they mail you your polling information. And then they send a follow-up card before the Primaries that lists your polling location and your Election District number.
Sorry to be so petty and bitchy, but you would think from the griping that these people had to climb Mt. Everest.
Thank you thank you thank you for voting. Thank you for making a difference. But please do not think you are now eligible for sainthood.
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