Voting In Vogue

These Arizona Voters Aren't At Disney World (Photo Credit: Arizona Republic)

Why vote? If I were to utter that question out loud, I might get an earful. Though it has been statistically proven that one single vote does not matter, many people are amazingly passionate about this subject. I’m not one of them. To me, it just seems like a popularity contest – and since I didn’t vote in any high-school pageants, I see no need to vote in political ones either. I don’t personally know any candidates, nor do any candidates in this election have any local connection to me. So why stand in line (potentially for hours) like a steer waiting for slaughter? Why take the time off from work to create a hanging chad? My logic: if one doesn’t vote, then he/she reserves the right to complain. “Heck, I didn’t vote this guy (gal) in!”

Now, please don’t get me wrong. I know that if everyone thought like me, this country would be in trouble – but that’s obvious slippery slope. I trust that the candidates are relatively benign choices – meaning, my world won’t change too drastically no matter who wins the election. Though I admit I could be inspired (either negatively or positively) by the right candidate to vote,  it just didn’t happen this year. Why not? Mostly, because I am not registered to vote; I missed the deadline. So even if I wanted to feel like an insipid farm animal and do my civic duty, I can’t. I’m sure the ire of many voters may be cast upon people like me, but when their taxes go up, or when their neighbor’s son is sent back to the Middle East, their ire will have a new target – and I probably still won’t be registered to vote.

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