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Hate The Presidential Candidates? This Article Is For You

The presidential candidates are not the only thing on the ballot

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Hate The Presidential Candidates? This Article Is For You
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I get it, okay. You hate Trump, you don't like Hillary, Gary Johnson's "laissez-faire stoner persona" doesn't make you comfortable and Jill Stein is crazy. Maybe you're fed up with this entire election entirely and have decided it's in your best interest to just not vote at all. Why bother? You say your vote doesn't matter anyway. Hillary has got this thing pretty much locked up. You don't believe in a protest vote. And the reasons go on and on.

This is a presidential election you're just okay with not being a part of. It's getting petty. But guess what, you still need to vote.

Elections go way past who is going to be president. The president may be the most visible person in the nation, but they are in no means the most important part of the democratic process. There are two other branches of government, and you have a role in voting for the people that represent them. There are issues that may be of importance to you that you will be seeing this fall. So you need to vote. You don't have to vote for the president, but you can and should vote. If you're concerned about gun control, health care, minimum wage, legalizing marijuana and a lot more, the measures may be coming to your ballot this fall.

You have a say in these things, but you have to bother to show up and vote to have a say. If the president doesn't matter to you, that's fine, but being a part of the democratic process should.

Come this November you will see more on the ballot than just Hillary and Trump.

Unsure of where to start? First things first, register to vote. Deadlines are approaching but it's not too late. You can find out how to register to vote here. If you're unsure if you're registered to vote, you can find all of the information, including your polling place here. If you need to make corrections on your voter registration card, be sure to find out how to change your name, address, etc. soon. Information can be found easily online or by calling your voters office. If you need to vote absentee and have no idea how, check out this website. They will send you the right form to fill out directly to your email.

But what about the issues you say? You can find a list of all the measures coming to your state ballots here. On this website, you can even enter your address and generate a sample ballot for this November. Guess what? The presidential candidates are not the only people on the ballot! Not even close.

So long story short, you need to vote.

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