This is a last-ditch effort. This is for every college student, high school senior, young adult, 18-year-old who registered to vote. Whether you got cornered by an overly friendly volunteer or persuaded by your parents, you're ready. You're registered. And now, you're voting.
You hate lines. You don't like waiting in the cold, or waking up early, or you have school, or class. Well, today's the day to play a little Ferris Bueller. Get up, get coffee, and get out. Or just before 7 p.m. If you have to, cut class. I promise you, this election is a historic event. No one is going to forget this.
I'm not telling you what side to take. I'm not going to tell you who I voted for. I'm not going to take this last opportunity to push my candidate on you, even though I would love to tell you how passionate I am about who I voted for. But this isn't the time for that.
This is about voting. This is about making your voice heard in an election that is going to come down to every. Single. Vote. This is a close, close race, so get in there and tip the scale a little harder for whoever you support. If you don't vote, you are saying that you don't care what happens to the country you live in. If you are able to vote, you need to be voting.
I hate to sound dire, I really do, but in case you haven't been paying attention (and it's easy to just tune it out when it's this overwhelming and pervasive), this is the election that is going to define where our country goes in two very, very different directions. Everyone has their own idea of which direction they prefer. Support it.
If you don't vote, you can't complain. That might be argument enough for some people- it would be for me, if I wasn't particularly passionate about either candidate. If you don't vote, then you are skipping out on having an opinion about the outcome of this election.
People are going to know if you didn't vote. People are going to talk about it. People are going to ask you what you did during the 2016 election. You are going to have to tell them that you did nothing. In this election, this crazy, tight, polarizing election, you backed out.
Don't let convenience take you out of history. Go. Vote. Get to the polls however you can. Take the bus, call an Uber, bike, carpool, walk, sprint to the polls. Make your voice heard. This is your last chance.
Young people are crucial in this election. We are the ones who are going to be working to either support or change what this election decides as we grow up and enter the workforce, the government, adulthood in general. Our future is right here in front of us.
So what should we do about it?
