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Gerald Fullam is 21 years old, and lives and works in Dayton. He has an A.A.S. Degree in Visual Communication from Sinclair and is currently studying Motion Picture Production at Wright-State University. He plays guitar in a great band and thinks that theology and politics are excellent conversation starters.
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By Mark McGregor
| Thursday, May 4, 2006, 02:15 PM
Who cared enough to make it to the polls Tuesday? I cared, but there was no way I could have made it due to time constraints. And an absentee ballot seemed a moot point since I live just 20 minutes from my Clayton polling location. But then again, I don’t live there anymore, which makes me just plain absent anyway.
Heck, do they even do absentee ballots for lesser (meaning not presidential) elections? I don’t know, never had to use one.
After all is said and done, I was a hypocrite this time around. I spouted off enough about the need to vote on the editorial page of Sinclair Community College’s newspaper. Then, the day came and went without nary a vote from me. I failed democracy; guilty as charged.
Apparently I wasn’t the only one. Here’s a story by Dayton Daily News that deals with the very topic of not voting. Click the link! Fewer than a quarter of voters showed up. Or, if you want to comment on the election yourself, click this link: Speak up about election results.
Anyone else in my position? Just wondering how important voting is to all you busy college students. It seems that, as students, we all have an excuse to get out of something that doesn’t seem an immediate priority, like elections, which are in fact an immediate priority.
Check out the election results on DaytonDailyNews.com.
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By Zack
May 4, 2006 04:48 PM | Link to this
Yes, voting is important to me. Yes, I snarl at people who don’t vote — or at least people who don’t vote and complain about the present state of politics. No, I didn’t vote Tuesday. But there were no issues on my ballot. It was entirely a primary election. And I didn’t favor any candidate over the other. I’m a registered Democrat, so I couldn’t have even worked to keep Blackwell from getting the GOP gubernatorial nod. What would’ve been the point?By Hillary McNabb
May 6, 2006 04:11 AM | Link to this
I’ll confess. I almost didn’t vote. I literally passed up my polling place on the way to work. Drove right past it. I was in far too much of a hurry anyway. But then via the phone (I know, I know, I’m bad for talking and driving) my boyfriend guilted me into turning around and voting. “It’s just the primary,” I said. “You always say, ‘If you don’t vote you can’t complain.’, ” he said. And he was right, I do say that. So I turned around and voted. Done once again until November and I’ve got my sticker to prove it!