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In reply to the discussion: Did you vote yet? [View all]BigmanPigman
(52,460 posts)I like the whole process. My little dog would go with me and get an I VOTED sticker (poll workers. thought she was a cute voter) and all her stuffed animals have stickers on them from years of voting.
I taught my 1st grade students to vote and they loved it too. The whole thing was by them and it was their voices, not mine. They even went on a "field trip" to the polls in the school's lunchroom and got a mini lesson on voting. They listened so well and were genuinely interested in the voting booths, etc. When we voted in class it was anonymous (privacy boards) voting. The kids collected the "ballots" and they tallied the votes. Also, there was no talking. They each got a sticker in their native language, too. I still have them.
Since I live in CA I know my vote really won't have any impact so I wait until election day and walk to my local polling place and have a nice day, before waiting for all the votes to come in. That is the worst and most stressful part of it for me. I haven't watched the news since July but this stress is killing me. I'm down to 84 pounds...not good! If the fucking moron wins I will disappear completely.