[Loch-Ruadh] OT - Voting

[Sam Milligan]

This is off-topic for this list, but I believe that it is a subject that affects our SCA lives as well as our mundane lives.

Next Tuesday is Election Day (though early voting has already started).

If you are registered to vote, please do so.  One of the most precious rights we have as Americans is the right to have a voice in who represents us in government.  And the decisions you make in this regard are some of the most individual and personal ones you can make; friends and family might try to influence you, mass media will support one or another set of candidates, and political parties will try to frighten you with horror stories about their opponents.  But when it comes down to making the selection on Election Day, the decisions are entirely yours, and you do not have to justify them to anyone, no matter who you vote for.  This is a right that cannot be trivialized.

I know that our group represents a broad spectrum of political thought and belief, and I do not write this to try to influence anyone to vote as I intend to, but rather to encourage you, no matter your political affiliation or preference, to exercise your franchise and vote for the people you believe will best represent you in government.

Don't like any of the candidates?  Robert Heinlein wrote:  "There may not be anyone or anything you want to vote FOR, but there are always people and ideas to vote AGAINST."

You can get information on voting and polling places at:

Tarrant County: http://www.tarrantcounty.com/elections/site/default.asp
Dallas County: http://www.dalcoelections.org/
Johnson County: http://www.co.jefferson.tx.us/
Parker County Republican Party:  http://www.parkergop.org/
Parker County Democratic Party:  http://www.geocities.com/parkerdemocrats/pcdemocrats.html

In Service,
Padraig




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