Make your choice - Vote!
Posted on November 4, 2008 in Politics by DM
Today’s the day when we as Americans set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. We are fortunate to live under a system which not only ensures that all eligible citizens have the right to vote without fear and according to their own convictions, but also ensures that results are not decided by a few large metropolitan areas. This means, EVERY VOTE COUNTS! Indeed, the world is watching. Be sure to vote!
1) Polls are Open from 7AM to 9PM
2) To find your polling place go to http://www.sos.state.ia.us and click on “find your precinct.”
3) You can register to vote at your polling place. Bring identification and proof of residency.
4) All Counties in Iowa use “bubble ballots” - read the instructions and fill out your ballot completely!
5) You can wear campaign a button or apparel but you must leave the polling place after you have voted - you can’t hang around and influence or harrass other voters.
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Updated to link to this amazing story over at Essential Estrogen - yes, people DID sacrifice so you (I) could have this right.
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Good comments. But technically the election still has yet to be decided. As per the United States Constitution, a group of electors in each state, one for each U. S. Senator and U. S. Representative, will get together in the next few week and cast the votes for the President and Vice-President of the United States. Then the votes are counted by Congress in early January, just before the new president is inaugurated.
I wouldn’t be so nit-picking, but it’s always possible that the electors could ignore the winner-take-all rule which seems to be the common practice of apportioning electoral votes among states and candidates. For example, if I’m not mistaken, when Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford ran for president in 1976, one of the electors actually voted for an individual who had challenged Ford for the Republican nomination–Ronald Reagan.