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How I Picture My First Time Voting Will Be

And yes, there is teleportation involved.

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How I Picture My First Time Voting Will Be

So many young individuals around the U.S., including myself, are now eligible to make an impact on who becomes the next President. We are a new generation of loud and proud youngins whose time has arrived. Because it will be our first times getting to cast our ballots - or popping our voting cherries, if you will - there are a few ideas I have for how the first time will be.

Let’s set the scene. Picture it is now voting day in your state. All participants are lined up at the gates - excuse me, doors - waiting to crush through so their voices can be heard, "Hunger Games" style, of course. Now this is pure speculation, but I’m going to guess that when voting in a presidential candidate election, the voting system is a little more hi-tech or sophisticated than a mere ballot box, so let’s run with that idea. Anyhow, we approach the voting area where several private voting booths have been set up. I picture this being like a photo booth type of thing with the curtain and all. But what lies behind is a mystery to all of us first timers. Will there be a screen? A small magical person that everyone tells their votes to? Or maybe, once behind the curtain, you are teleported to another room where you present your vote on a screen and are teleported back only once completed. Again, this is all speculation.

We will all leave our voting booths unsure if the person before or after us had the same experience that we did when voting. This thought is quickly brushed away as you realize that there’s no way everyone else had this cool of a voting process and that you were just treated like a VIP. You’re ego is only heightened if the candidate you vote for wins your state.

Those who have voted in the past are sworn to secrecy about all of the shenanigans that goes on behind closed curtains in order to make this voting process all the more special for us newbies. They have done a great job keeping it a secret because I have truly been waiting in suspense for years.

Moving on: now that we can picture our worlds being rocked by this insane voting system we have, then comes the feeling of excellence. You are now part of the club. You’re one of the voters! You can say (to yourself in your mind as to not ruin it for future voters) that you teleported behind that curtain! Or you played a game of "eenie meenie minie moe" with that person keeping your votes a secret, as mentioned before. Whatever happens behind that curtain, we will officially have a real vote in a presidential election!

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