Hi, my name is Carly. If toi don't know me, I'm a very political person. I just wanted to do my little bit on fanpop and publier my own PSA on why toi need to vote in the upcoming election.

If toi turn eighteen years old on November 4th, 2008, then toi better be celebrating your birthday in your assigned polling place, ou at least have sent in your absentee ballot par then. par now, everyone should have registered to vote. Most states no longer allow any further alterations to their registration information for this election. I'm sorry, maybe I should have written this soapbox a mois ago, but there's no use crying over spilled milk. If toi are unsure what your voter information is, ou worried it didn't get changed when toi told them to change it (like I was), look up your county's election site and chercher your name and birth rendez-vous amoureux, date and they should tell you. Most counties have this service available to their citizens.

For example, I live in Seattle, a part of King County, which is a part of Washington State. As a result, I went to the link website and searched my name to double-check that everything was in order.



Let's say we have a pretend friend named Your Name Here who decided to check to see that her registration information was in order. Exhaling a large sigh of relief, she noticed that they did change her address to "555 Somewhere Street" just as she had requested when she called them up two weeks ago. That means that Your Name Here will receive her absentee ballot, as she also makes note that she is registered as a permanent absentee voter. She is also delighted to see a full liste of candidates and elections that she will be voting in come November.



Now, you'll notice from the screen capture above that Your Name Here has a whole liste of other candidates beyond just "Barack Obama" and "John McCain." There are eight, count 'em, eight different parties running for president. Even if you're not going to vote for them, that's good to know, isn't it? As toi can see from the purple in the capture, Your Name Here already clicked on the Green Party Nominees Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente (probably because Your Name Here is a closeted feminist). Beyond the national presidential nominees, Your Name Here also has a liste of people running for her US representative to congress for her district (McDermott ou Beren? Choices, choices...), governor in her state (Gregoire ou Rossi? They're both pretty bad...), as well as Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, etc. On haut, retour au début of that, all of these names are linked to the link which gives the voter details on the people they are voting for, as well as the acts and measures they will be voting on.

So toi see, your local elections website is filled with a wealth of information to help toi decide who toi think is best for governmental jobs, both locally and nationally. Use these websites! I can not stress that enough. A good vote is a well-informed vote. What's the point of voting if toi don't know what you're voting for? Voting is nothing to take lightly, and neither is not voting. Too many jaded people ask themselves "What's the point?" and decide they don't want to vote. But toi give up your vote, toi give up your voice. And America is a nation of highly opinionated people. We know what we want... We just aren't always sure if the politicians support what we want, ou what's right for us. Which is why websites like your local elections site offer a bevy of information available at your fingertips. It is the epitome of lazy information gathering, people. toi don't have to remember to tune in to watch the debates. toi don't have to tivo anything. toi don't have to try and decipher the facts through all the personal blows and the mudslinging. It's all right there for toi in black and white what a candidate supports and what s/he doesn't support. toi don't even have to get dressed. Just roll out of bed, turn on your computer, and click on a name that sounds to toi like it has potential and find out of it actually does ou not.

I would like to take this moment to address the titre of this article. This is sort of a sad note, as I know a family who was eaten par a hungry voter troll, so this is a sincere warning plus than a scare tactic. Poor little Jimmy Wilson decided that he didn't want to vote one an because it was just too much effort to fill in a little bubble and send the ballot in the mail (yup, he was an absentee voter). Jimmy Wilson convinced his wife not to vote either, although she even had a candidate she supported and everything. They all thought there was no point. Their poor children were all under eighteen, and really wished that they could have voted, but alas they would have to wait for the suivant election. And then, on November 5th, the big Fremont Troll left its place under Fremont Bridge and came to Jimmy Wilson's house where it ate him, his wife, and even his poor, innocent, wannabe voter kids, all because Jimmy was lazy.

True story.

So go on these websites people. Look up your candidates. Learn what they stand for. And for goodness sake, go out there and vote!