In spite of the fact that I think George Carlin may be right.. “voting only encourages them”, I haven’t missed an opportunity to vote since I left the service at 22. (You had to be 21 and they didn’t talk about absentee ballets to us)

I also have NEVER registered with ANY party. I’ve gone to primary elections knowing there were no issues to vote, only to sign my name in the book and make a record that “I’m watching you bastards”. Only once was I refused before I could sing in by an old lady that had figured me out from past complications I had caused her. (I think she remembered me as the pain that had asked for a “write-in ballet” more than once over the years and the fact that The Board of Elections doesn’t like to see more registered voters signed in than ballets cast.)

I’ve been VERY civically active, but NEVER politically involved. There is a difference to me and it’s a very wavy line to walk. (It’s hard to get in the sewer without getting shit on yourself.) Actually I believe it’s made me and organizations I’ve been active in, the focus of their attention. They already have counted the votes they’ll get and not get from “loyal party members”. If I can give them pause for just a second,…… I’m happy.

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