I just returned from voting. I have a responsibility to vote because many citizens before me have died and defended my right to peacefully tell my country who I believe should represent me. The concept that we can peacefully change governmental leadership is still the exception around the world, not the norm.
So you will understand why I am so overjoyed about a conversation I had with one of the officials at my precinct. I asked how the turnout had been so far? She just burst into a grin a mile wide. She said there are approximately 1,600 registered voters in the precinct and close to 1,200 have voted already!
Holy sh#@t! Yep. That is a near 75% voter turn out and it is only 12:30MST. She said she has NEVER seen a turn out like this before in her life.
Thank you to everyone in my neck of the woods. You demonstrated why this country is still the best place on earth.