Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Stand in Line?

It doesn't matter who you voted for, I just hope you exercised your rights and voted.

If you stood in line at your polling place to vote, but wished you didn't have to, read on. (Uh-oh! Sounds like another PSA.) The television is showing very long lines of patient people waiting to cast their votes, but it doesn't have to be that way for you.

You probably know this, but just in case you don't, I'll share this with you. You can request an absentee ballot, sometimes referred to as a vote-by-mail ballot, and avoid those election-day lines. You can complete your ballot in the comfort of your home, at your leisure, and mail it.

What if something happened on voting day and you couldn't get to your voting location? I like to think that voting is very important to you and if you can do it the easy way, why not? We've used this method for years and love it. We don't miss shuffling our schedules or standing in line in order to vote. Or the check-in process, with someone verifying who we are. And heaven forbid, you go to the wrong polling location and then have to find where you really should be.

Give it a try now, go on-line and ask for your mail-in-ballot, while the memory of standing in line is fresh in your mind.

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