You’ve got to vote to get he “I Voted” sticker.
Interestingly before I clicked on the thread I assumed this had to do with COVID-19. I was wondering yesterday how responsible it was to ask people to stand in line to vote, especially in states with aging populations like Florida.
Not just the voters, but also the election volunteers… who tend to be elderly… as well as the counters, auditors, and certifiers (who also tend to be up there in years)… will be at risk as well.
I’d vote, the higher the turnout, the more likely they’ll keep your polling place open.
Early Voting times and schedules, per FL County (PDF):
Don’t believe the myth that a vote only matters if it changes who wins an election. Unless there’s election fraud, your vote does count.
Every vote is an exercise of political power. Each vote is very little power, but it’s more than nothing. A lot of nothing is still nothing; a lot of a little becomes something. And it’s those somethings that determine what happens.
I voted for Weld in the California primary. If nothing else, it recorded the exercise of my political power.
I think avoiding public gatherings at the moment is probably a bigger civic duty than registering a meaningless vote. YMMV.
My preferred D candidate wasn’t going to win on Super Tuesday, so I voted in the R primary. I voted against Trump, against a senator who voted for no impeachment witnesses, against a disgusting sheriff who is running for state senate, and against that sheriff’s son who is running to be the new sheriff. Of course they all won, but at least I took a tiny bit away from their landslides. And there were some other state offices that were pretty much tied, so my vote certainly mattered there.
My kid: “Who’d you vote for?”
My wife: “Warren.”
My kid: “What about you?”
Me: “I voted against Trump.”
So, I ended up voting. No sticker, though.
I was a little concerned about whether there would be a large crowd, what with the governor coming out and saying “don’t gather in groups of ten or more people”, but the precinct was empty.
~Max
I was darned well going to vote today… but it turns out that the governor apparently has the power to cancel elections. Or maybe one of the governor’s political appointees; it’s unclear. Nobody’s sure yet just exactly what that means.
Just a PSA for my fellow Floridians, today is election day for all non-presidential primaries.
ETA: Also, Republicans, please don’t vote Cheryl Arellano for state committeewoman. She’s facing ten felony charges of voter fraud.
~Max