Just kidding about the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153often\u00e2\u20ac\u009d part. Are you an early voter or a procrastinator? Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why I voted early:<\/p>\n
1. Smaller lines. Do you really need another reason? Seriously, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Don’t read any more.<\/p>\n
2. Okay, you kept reading. How about this? The candidates start campaigning earlier every election cycle. If they get to do politics early, I should, too.<\/p>\n
3. In the primary, I called the county, and they told me where to vote. They were wrong. I drove to two more voting places, waited in lines for hours, and finally found that I had been in the right place at the second place. All with two toddlers. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not going to happen that way again. Ever.<\/p>\n
4. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know who you are voting for yet, you are not going to suddenly have an epiphany during the next week. Even though you have to figure it out, if you really haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decided.<\/p>\n
5. The chance of something significant happening in the last week is practically nil\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand, even if it does, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highly probable that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just an opposition smear campaign. You do the math.<\/p>\n
6. The un-decideds have hogged the spotlight for the last two months. I think they are faking it. Early voting is my one chance at fame, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going for it.<\/p>\n
7. Me and the other early voters will mess up the exit polls. Since I majored in political science, I think that will be . . . exciting. You know, complicate things for the students!<\/p>\n
8. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve already bought most of my Christmas presents. I’m weird. I know: there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s counseling.<\/p>\n
9. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mainly elderly people who vote early. Those grandparents are really nice to my kids, not rude like the people in the primary. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be crying after two hours, too, people!<\/p>\n
10. I love the touch screen voting. I just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to do it again. Early as I can. (Though I have to admit I kind of miss the drama of the hanging chad. Since the Florida fiasco, I always checked my chads. Just for fun.)<\/p>\n
There is only one problem: My \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve voted!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sticker has already lost its stickiness. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the hazard of voting early. Shame. Embarrassment. Not having a sticker on voting day. Will one of you pick up an extra on November 4th?<\/p>\n
Allow this to be voting group therapy. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk. My name is Kylie Turley, and I vote early. How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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