Thursday, October 16, 2008

Being Away At Election Time

My absentee ballot is coming in the mail this week, and it's my first official presidential election (the democratic primary in March was my first election ever). I kind of wish I could actually go to a polling place and do it the ol' fashioned way, but the MA election is a big deal for me right now so I'm doing absentee instead of registering here. Virginia Wood is running for Hargraves' seat, and I really want her to win that election (and I've helped out with her myspace and facebook a little bit). Question two is important to me, too, because it doesn't make sense for possession of marijuana to be a criminal offense- we'd save (and make...) a lot more money by making it a civil offense. I also don't believe in the prison system, but that's another rant for another day.

A lot of my friends registered in Louisiana, and they actually get to vote in the LBC, our student union. Things are heating up and I get an email a day from our chapter of College Democrats. It's exciting times, I just am a little homesick because I wish I could use my old connections and resources, but it's all a part of growing up.

<3Alymay

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