Real Name: George Matthews Address: 111 N. Glass Victoria, TX 77901 Member Since: February 20, 2008 Last Signed In: September 05, 2008 Profile Views: 109 Blog Views: 689 What’s on the Ballot? Voting Etiquette –First Time Voter’s Guide Let this be My First Warning Political Advertising Begins Volunteer Deputy Registrars Voters in Suspense Low Voter Turnout Voting is So Important There is a Lot of Praise to Go Around There Is a Story Here Somewhere February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 
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Take Advantage of this Opportunity to Vote
People sometimes complain that we have too many elections. This year alone we have voted a Primary in March, a Runoff in April and now the Joint School & Water Election in May. That's one a month for the last three months. As elections go that seems a lot but we still have the Presidential Election in November. It should be a really big election with the best turnout in years. The Elections Office has prepared voting equipment and supplies for registered voters of this county to go to the polls on Saturday. Our early voting turnout was somewhat of a disappointment after the wonderful turnout of the primary. The runoff turnout was also a disappointment with only 1 in 40 people casting a ballot. Making your voice heard is what elections are all about. Our local governments are representative democracy. They operate with officials who are elected by their constituents. Your support of a candidate is an affirmation they will conduct the affairs of the political subdivisions in a proper manner. Your candidate selection is the opportunity to place someone on the board who agrees with your point of view. When you don't vote you are surrendering your voice to those select few people who participate in the election process. Its not so much a protest against the system as allowing others to decide. We all know when we don't use our muscles they begin to atrophy. So it is much the same with the voting process. When you sit at home on Election Day your ability to influence the outcome of the election is nil. The people who then represent you may not share the same viewpoint and will not guide the political subdivision down the path you would have chosen. Make sure you go out and vote in every election so your voting skills don't waste away. 2 comments from 2 users
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gmatthews
on Jun 30, 2008 at 03:27 PM
You assume that the only race on the ballot in November is the presidential race. There are more than twenty races in which to chose candidates. They are all important in relation to the responsibilities of the office. Because we are all individuals there is no person who will represent every view you have. Certainly if they don't agree with you on the big issues you shouldn't support them but there are other things happening in this world besides the presidential race. The Constitution is a guiding document but even it needs amendments sometimes. posted by
JimiDollar
on Jun 30, 2008 at 02:59 PM
I disagree. There is no need to vote if there is no one who actually represents your views. Let's look at what we have to choose from in November: McCain or Obama. Two non-choices in my opinion. Neither one of these guys represents the views of our Founding Fathers. What is a patriot to do? Voting for either one of these guys means that I approve. Well, I do not approve. I support the Constitution, not candidates who will say anything just to get elected.
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