For the recent primary election, I went to vote at about 4 p.m. at my local polling location. To my surprise, I was the only person there, with the exception of the volunteers. I sat down, read over the voter’s pamphlet one more time, to ensure that I knew exactly what and whom I was voting for. I spent 20 minutes there. During that time, not one person showed up – nobody.
Come to find out, in greater Snohomish County, only one in seven people of voting age voted, and only one in five registered voters voted. Pathetic.
Every day I hear people talk about patriotism, flags are everywhere; outside our homes, on our vehicles, at our workplace. All I have to do is poke my head out my front door, and I see all the hypocritical shows of tribute to our country. It’s all just hypocritical rhetoric that most people of this county have. When it’s convenient and easy and the thing to do, they all put on the show for themselves and their neighbors.
People are not getting the immediate kudos from voting that they get when they wave that flag. Their neighbors won’t look at them and say, “Now there’s a true American.” If I could trade every single flying flag out there for a registered voter to have voted, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
I sit back and think of all the pathetic people that are going to be complaining about all the issues in the next year. I’ve got one thing to ask: Are you patriotic? Do you really care? Did you vote? They will all give me the stock answer, “Of course I did.”
There is no flag outside my house, only a small sticker that says, “I voted electronically.”
Everett
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