go vote now!
There is a little more than one week left until the September 5 primary election. Your last assignment is one I neglected to mention before:
Don’t wait until September 5. Vote early!
When can you vote early? Most early voting locations should be open until September 2.
Where can you vote early? Here are your links for locations:
- Hillsborough
- Pinellas
- Pasco
- Hernando (couldn’t find it on their site)
- Citrus (link was molasses slow at post time)
- Polk
- Manatee
- Sarasota (PDF file)
Why should you vote early? There are several reasons, but here’s one that came to mind very recently:
Should Ernesto affect our area, it’ll probably do so on Thursday or Friday. The regular polls don’t open until the following Tuesday, but that’s not to say that the effects of a Category 2 or 3 won’t still be felt. Polling locations may be in use as shelters. The power that runs our paper-trail-lacking voting machines may still be down. You may be in another county or state after evacuating. You may be too ill from your thirtieth can of potted meat.
I’d like to think local counties have a contingency plan in place for such an event, but Florida doesn’t exactly have a proud history of coping with extraordinary electoral emergencies. Vote early and you can concentrate on the other tasks at hand.
Need one more reason to vote? Homeowners: go look at your insurance bill. Don’t like it? After Ernesto, it’s probably going to get worse. Do you have friends down south who still have blue tarps on their roof because their claim still hasn’t been processed? It could get worse for them, or it could happen to you. Your vote will not be early enough to help this round, but it will surely have a direct effect on whether the problem gets better or worse.
Have we scared you enough? Good. Now go vote.
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August 28th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
i think if you vote early they discard your vote if it is not for the right candidate. thats just me paronoid.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:30 am
I have to say, this election season has me in stitches, but I do like to vote early, so today I am going to head out and vote.. One thing I am not promoting this guy, but I found it totally hysterical and sort of a Jesse Ventura-ish platform, I am worried with the mudslinging a 3rd party could come in… Crazier things have happened… look at this interview at Channel 28 if you get a chance…http://real.scripps.com:8480/ramgen/tampalive/democracy2006/behm.rm
August 29th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Actually, given the choices we have this election season, a few cans of Libby’s Potted Meat Food Product might make the whole election seem better. At least in comparison.
August 29th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
I wait till voting day. That way, if any last minute news comes out about the candidate, I can change my mind if need be.
September 5th, 2006 at 8:58 am
[…] This year I won’t be voting on Primary Day. Due to Joel’s thought-provoking thesis and the threat of a child’s cold, I decided to vote early. It still felt wonderful, and I plan to celebrate Jim Davis’ victory tonight at the Tampa Hilton. No matter your side, celebrate with us this evening. In many parts of the world, choosing leaders is an unrealized dream. […]