The Vote of Your Lifetime
Elections don’t get more exciting than the one before our nation this week. Whether you are Republican or Democrat, between presidential candidate Barack Obama and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, America has a choice between making history and making history.
For many freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and some seniors, this will be your first opportunity to cast your vote for the nation’s highest office. This may have been the first time you actually carefully weighed how each candidate’s platform personally affects your life and your future. Welcome to your role in society–being thoughtful involved citizens.
You followed the news articles on the candidates, read their books, saw their commercials, watched them debate, followed their blogs, attended their rallies, listened to the political pundits, and even became their friends on Facebook. When you put it all together, it sounds so exhausting that it could make you thankful presidential elections only happen every four years.
Democracy is a wonderful thing, but it only works if you participate. So, hopefully by now you have already cast your absentee ballot or at least located your local polling place. There are tons of election day activities including free shuttle buses to local polling places. TU is also bringing live election results through WTMD and National Public Radio, where some of Maryland’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community will be able to experience live radio coverage for the first time.
Take advantage of this exciting time in your life and become part of the political process. Gather your friends and watch the results at PAWS in the University Union from 7:30 p.m. to midnight.
If this is your first presidential election, it is a memory and feeling you will never forget.
